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can offer no useful hint as regards the comparative length of 

 the neck ; for the only measurement which can be readily- 

 taken of it, namely, that from the withers to the top of the 

 head, greatly alters in length, on account of the elasticity of 

 the connecting ligament {see p. 34), according to the position 

 in which the head is held. We must here remember that 

 this suspensory ligament of the head and neck is immediately 

 underneath the crest, and that the vertebrae of the neck 

 {see Fig. 3) does not follow this line. 



