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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



epectively given to them here, it is evident that in order to intelligently COOb 

 prehend the directions, not only of this work, but of any other worthy author- 

 ity, the reader should be perfectly familiar with the " Points " of the horse ai 

 given in this illustration. 



Fig. 7. KxiKRNAL Taris ok the Horse. 



Explanation. — 1. The muzzle. 2 — The face. 3 — The forehead. 4— 

 The poll. 5— The crest. 6— The jowl. 7— The gullet. 8— The wind- 

 pipe. 9 — Point of the shoulder. 10 — The breast. 11. — The arm. 12 

 —The elbow. 13— The girth. 14— The flank. 15— The sheath. 16— 

 The stifle. 17— The ^vithers. 18— The back. 19— The loins. 20^ 

 The hip. 21— The croup. 22— The dock. 23— The quarter. 24— The 

 thigh or gaskin. 25 — The hamstring. 26 — The point of hock. 27 — The 

 hock, (hough) 28 — ^The cannon bone of hind leg. 29 — The fetlock. 30 

 — The large pastern. 31 — The small pastern. 32 — The coronet. 33 — 

 The hoof. 34— The knee. 35— The cannon of fore leg. 36— Tliefet- 

 lock. 37— The heel. 38— The large pastern. 39— The smaW ^Ur^k, 

 40— The hoof. 



