CONTENTS Vll 



CHAP. PAGB 



XIV. Of Stabling, Exercise, Clothing, Etc. . . .328 



The Stable — Management of the Feet — Light — Exercise — 

 Grooming — Clothing. 



XV. Vices and Dangerous Habits of the Horse . . 340 



Restiveness — Rearing — Backing, or Gibbing — Kicking — Biting 

 Seizing the Cheek of the Bit — Running Away — Shying — 

 Restiveness, and Resisting being Mounted — Vicious while 

 Cleaning — Restiveness while Shoeing — Crib-Biting — Wind- 

 Sucking — Not lying down — Slipping the Collar — Pawing — 

 Rolling — Weaving — Tripping. 



XVI. Of Shoeing ... ... 361 



Preparation of the Foot for Shoeing — The Putting On of the 

 Shoe — The Concave-seated Shoe — The Seated Shoe — The 

 Expanding Shoe — The Hunting Shoe — The Racing Shoe — 

 The Bar Shoe — Clips — The Hinder Shoe — Tips — Patent 

 Safety Shoe — Water and Poultice Boots ; Water-Boot — Felt, 

 or Leather Soles. 



XVII. How to Buy a Horse ...... 376 



XVIII. General History of the Horse, with an Account of 



Different Breeds . . . . .388 



Section I., Of British Horses : The English Race-Horse — The 

 Hunter — The Hackney, or Roadster — The Charger — The 

 Coach-Horse — The Cleveland Bays — The Draught-Horse — 

 The Suffolk Punch-Horse. Section II., Of Asiatic Horses : 

 The Arabian — The Persian Horse — The Tartar Horse — The 

 Toorkoman Horse — The Turkish Horse. Section III., Of 

 African Horses : The Barb — The Egyptian Horse — The 

 Nubian and Dongola Horses. Section IV., American 

 Horses. 



XIX. The Ass and Mule ...... 416 



SECTION II 



DISEASES OF CATTLE 



Introduction . . . . . . , .421 



I. Diseases of the Head and Neck of Neat Cattle . 426 



Inflammation of the Brain — Choking — Locked-Jaw — Sore 

 Throat — Snores. 



II. Diseases of the Chest . . . . . .432 



Inflammation of the Lungs (Pneumonia) — Contagious Pleuro- 

 pneumonia — Inflammation of the Stomach — Inflammation of 

 the Liver — Fog-Sickness, or Hoven — Catarrh, or Cold — 

 Cough — Hoose, or Husk — Stomach, or Grass Staggers — 

 Jaundice, or Yellows. 



III. Diseases of the Abdomen ..... 449 



Inflammation of the Bowels — Inflammation of the Kidneys 

 — Inflammation of the Bladder — Inflammation of the Womb — 

 Red Water — Gripes — Diarrhoea, or Looseness — Dysentery 

 — Fardel-Bound, or Excessive Costiveness — Mortification, 



