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che jaw; 4, the nasal bone, or bone in front of the nostrils; 5, the ma^ 

 lar, or prominent cheek-bone ; 6, the frontal or forehead bone ; 7, parie> 

 tal, the sides and upper part of the skull bones— (wall bones) ; 8, occi- 

 pital, the bone of the hinder part of the head ; 9, the lachrymal, or bone 

 inclosing the lachrymal gland and duct ; 10, the squamous, or scaly por- 

 tion of the temporal bones; 11, the petrous, or hard part of the tem- 

 poral bones inclosing the organs of hearing. 



To summarize, the spine is divided into cervical, dorsal, and lumbar 

 vcrte})rffi, or joints, in all, thirty-one ; the tail contains about seventeen 

 joints ; the dorsal vertebrae, mth eighteen ribs attached on each side, £tad 

 the breast-bone (which is not shown in the figure), form the thorax, or 

 cavity inclosing the heart, lungs, &c., — thirty-seven bones ; the fore part 

 is made up of forty bones, taking both sides together ; the pelvis, or 

 basin, of three bones ; the remainder of the hinder part, of thirty-eight 

 bones ; the cranium of ten ; the face and lower jaw of eighteen ; of 

 teeth there are forty (in the male) ; the small bones of the interna! 

 ear, taking both, are eight ; and the hyoid, or tongue bone, consists of 

 five parts. 



It is not the province of this work to enter into minute anatomical de 

 scriptions ;' and for all really practical purposes the foregoing will he 

 found ample. 



It must however be borne in mind that a thorough study of the anatomy 

 and frame work of the animal is absolutely necessary to a perfect under- 

 standing of how to breed, rear, care for, break and train an animal. At; 

 the same time, neither the horse breeder, trainer, or driver, needs to un-- 

 derstand them so critically as must the veterinarian. The one repuireJt 

 simply a general knowledge of the several parts, the other must under- 

 stand intimately and critically each and every part, not only in itself but 

 with reference to its bearing and influence on, and relation to other parts 

 of the body. Thus what we give in illustration, while not going into mi- 

 nutia such as would be necessary to make the veterinary expert, will be 

 fully sufficient for the instruction and every day use of the practical man, 

 whether he be breeder, trainer, or simply the gentleman who drirea for 

 pleasure. 



