454 FOOT AND LEG DESCRIBED. [BOOK III. 



exists in the shape of a leg taken from a thorough- 

 bred horse and that of a cart-horse ; the one small 

 and flat-sided, or sharp before, as best calculated 

 for speed, the other round and heavy, as being 

 made for heavy draught, and to support a large, 

 muscular, and bony frame. While giving this ad- 

 vice, we have presumed he has already examined 

 the superior part of the limb, though the lower 

 bones and their covering come more immediately 

 under notice in this place. 



Description of Plate 2 — Anatomy of the Foot. 



Fig. 1. Back view of the foot, skin removed — 



(a) the back sinew, or flexor tendon, as it appears 

 above its ligamentary sheath, and below it, de- 

 scending flat into the foot underneath the coffin- 

 bone (at e) ; d the coffin-bone, having the sensible 

 sole still adhering to it ; (cc,) the lateral cartilage ; 



(b) is the sheath in which the back sinew is en- 

 closed, and moves at every step, but part of the 

 sheath has been removed in order to show the 

 course of the sinew (at a). 



Fig. 2. The whole of the ligaments are here laid 

 open by the removal of the^-ror tendon, whereby 

 is seen (at a) the smooth surface of the sesamoid 

 bone over which the tendon is ordained to pass; 

 at bb, part of the sheath is turned back, at c is 

 the hollow part of the sheath ; at dd the ligament 

 that connects the small pastern to the bone above 

 is shown, with its insertion below (at e), whereby 

 the large pastern is kept in position ; ff the lateral 



