CHAPTER VIII. 



The Anatomical Structure of the Horse. 



It is not our intention to go deeply into the 

 anatomy of the horse, as this would far exceed the 

 limits of such a work as the present, and indeed 

 would not be suitable for a popular treatise. We 

 shall therefore confine ourselves to such an outline 

 of his structure as will convey a pretty general 

 idea of what is truly useful to possessors of horses 

 in general. 



We may briefly state, that the bones of the 

 skeleton and the muscles which cover them are 

 all double, if we except a very few bones which 

 lock the two halves together ; and that if an animal 

 is divided correctly into two halves, these will be 

 found exactly similar in the number of bones and 

 the muscles with which they are covered. But 

 this does not extend to the internal organisation 

 in general, although a few of its parts are also 

 double. 



DIFFERENT BONES OF THE SKELETON OF 

 THE HORSE. 



PLATE II. 



Instead of giving the bare skeleton of the horse, 

 we have considered it better to exhibit an outline of 



