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DISEASES OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



using what is termed by Liautard, in his ' Manual of 

 Operative Veterinary Surgery,' the plate-longe, must be 

 adopted. This, in its most useful form, is a length of 



Fig. 38.— The Blind. 



closely-woven cotton webbing, from about 2 to 2\ inches 

 wide, and from 5 to 6 yards long, provided with a small 

 loop formed on one of its ends, and perhaps better known 



mm 



Fig. 39.— The Side-line. 



to English readers as a ' side-line.' If webbing be not 

 available, a length of soft cotton rope, or a rope plaited 

 and sold for the purpose, as Fig. 39, will serve equally 



