EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



SKELETON OF THE HORSE. 



CJ^^ This figure is arawn from the skeleton of the famous race horse 

 Eclipse, and is considered by Professors Gamgee and Law, from whose 

 work on veterinary anatomy it is copied, as anatomically perfect. 



Great trochanter. 

 Small trochanter. 

 Femur, or thigh bone. 

 Ischium, posterior angle of the 



ilium. 

 Eadius, or fore-arm bone. 

 Carpal or knee bones. 

 Trapezium. 



Metacarpal, or Cannon bone. 

 Os suffraginis, or pastern bone. 

 Sesamoid bone. 

 Os coronas, or small pastern 



bone. 

 Superior tuberosity of the tibia. 

 Stifle joint. 

 Tibia, or leg bone. 

 Os calcis, or point of hock. 

 Tarsus, or Hock joint. 

 Head of small metatarsal bone. 

 Cannon, or metatarsal bone. 

 Hoof, or foot bone. 

 Fetlock joint. 

 Patella. 

 Fibula. 



