The Neck, the Head, etc. 13 1 



ion, both by the absorbent vessels and the nerves. We 

 sometimes find the glands affected on both sides, and 

 just as frequently only on one. The horse will, in this 

 case, exhibit what may be termed one-sided restiveness, 

 bending and cantering perfectly willingly on the one 

 hand, and refusing more or less obstinately on the other. 

 We can perfectly recollect the case of a remount where 

 both horse and rider, excellent tempered, willing crea- 

 tures, had been tortured for months, until casually pass- 

 ing by we saw from a distance of fifty yards, by the 

 shape of the horse's head, which was very prominent, 

 what the matter really was ; on inspection there was 

 found a regular necklace of swollen and highly sensitive 

 glands, especially on the one side. 



All these peculiarities of formation miist be, therefore, 

 taken into account when we set about bitting or break- 

 ing-in horses, and many of those who take this little 

 book into their hands will be able to call to mind in- 

 stances that came within their own observation tending 

 to confirm most entirely what is here stated, and some 

 will, no doubt, have cause to regret that they did not 

 study this subject more accurately before they set about 

 horse-breaking. 



We now pass on to the other parts of the exterior of 

 the horse's head that have to do with the matter in hand. 

 On referring to Plate I., exhibiting the internal frame- 

 work and the external contours of the horse, the reader 

 will perceive, on looking to the head, that tlie osseous 

 or bony parts of this organ are covered very unequally 

 by the soft parts — the muscles, skin, membranes, bul- 

 bous roots of the hair and beard, fat, etc. — in fact, what 

 are usually called the integuments ; the bone has, more- 

 over, sharp edges on the under surface of the lower jaw, 

 and a certain portion of the nose consists of cartilage, as 

 may be seen from the Plate already referred to. The 

 practical importance of all this depends on the different 



