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shoulder, elbow, and fetlock joints. This is especially 

 noticeable by the descent of the fetlock joints. 



3. Approximation of the ends of the bones which form 

 the shoulder, elbow, fetlock, and the two pastern joints. 

 We may see this settling down of the bones in the joints 

 illustrated in our own cases; for if we have ourselves 

 measured in the morning, and also in the evening, we 

 shall find that we were taller in the former time than in 

 the latter. 



Agreeably to these principles, we find that long-con- 

 tinued standing, fatigue, starvation, deprivation of water, 

 and the administration of purgatives and sedatives will tend 

 to cause a marked diminution of a pony's height. The pro- 

 duction of a maximum effect will require a course of two 

 or three months, during which time the animal, when he 

 is in the stall, would be tied up, so that he might not lie 

 down. Some operators advise that while the pony is tied 

 up, the ground upon which his fore feet rest should be 

 somewhat lower than that upon which the hind feet are 

 placed. He is also walked a long distance every day. 

 The food he gets is only just sufficient to keep him on his 

 legs. Some give the patient a quarter of a pound of 

 Epsom salts every day, in order to keep him in a 

 nauseated and debilitated condition. It is considered 

 advisable to walk the pony all night before bringing him 

 up for measurement, and to give him about an ounce of 

 chloral hydrate not less than half an hour before he is 

 to be placed under the standard. Prior to doing this, it 

 is well to keep him standing for at least half an hour, 

 so that he may " settle down." The final touches have 

 to be given with a considerable amount of discrimination, 



