Chap. VI. The Anatomy of a Horje- gg 



to bear and fupport fo great a Burden without much Da- 

 mage ; and are without Senfe, that they may endure Tra- 

 velling among Stones and rough Ways. They adhere pret- 

 ty firmly to the Parts included within them, and are faft- 

 ened to the Coffin-bone by a Ligament that proceeds from 

 their Root, which is alfo, in fome Meafure encompaffed 

 with the Skin. 



Underneath the Hoofs there are many Twigs of Nerves 

 and Tendons, and Mufcles, which take their Courfe quite 

 to the Soal of the Foot. When thefe are prick'd or bruis'd, 

 they occafion exquifite Pain. But of this when we come 

 to treat of the Difeafes incident to the Feet. 



TABLE VIL reprefents the Skeleton of a Horfe. 

 A A. The Shoulder-blade. 

 B. The Breajl-bone. 

 CC, The Shoulder-hone. 

 DDDD. The Bones of both fore and hind Legs. 

 EEEE. Thef?nallRafigesof!Bones, which make the Knee 



and Hock. 

 FF. "The Shank- bone. 

 f. f. The Injlep-bcnes. 



GGGG. The Bodkin-like^ or Splint-bones. 

 HHHH. The great Pajlerns. 

 IIIL The little Pajlerns. 

 KKKK. The Coffin-bones. 

 \AAAj. The ftnall Triangular Bones, that adhere to the 



upper End of the great Pajlerns. 

 MM. The Os Ilium, or Haunch-bone, 

 N. The Coxendix, or Hip-bone. 

 OO. The Os Pubis, or Share-bone. 

 PP. The Thigh-bones. 

 Q§K The Patella, or Stifle-pan.. 

 RRR, i^c. The Cartilages at the End of the Ribs. 

 SSS, ^c. The feventeen Ribs. 



TTT, l5c. That Part of the Ribs where they are articula- 

 ted into the Vertebra of the Cheji. 

 v., The Os Hyoides, or Bone of the Tongue. 

 W. The loifer Jaiu. 

 X. The upper jaw. 

 Y. The Noll-bone. 



From 1/^17, are the 1 7 Vertebra of the Chejl. 

 From 1 to 7, are thefeven Vertebras of the Loins. 

 From I to 6, the fix Prccejfes of the Os Sacrum. 



H 2 From 



