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CHAPTER X. 



Bandages. — Mode of tying bandages. — Cracked heels. — 

 Woollen bandages. — Hunting bandages. — Support from 

 bandages. — Colour of material for bandages. — Care of 

 bandages. — ' Naphthaline ' for prevention of moth in 

 woollen goods, etc. — ' Naphthaline ' for saddles. — Stocking 

 bandages. — Water bandages. — Chamois-leather bandages. 

 — Sweating bandages. — Bandaging. —Prices of bandages. 



Bandages are made of several kinds of material, 

 viz., woollen, linen, stocking, and chamois leather ; 

 but of whatever description they may be, they 

 require to be very carefully put on, care being 

 taken not to fit them too tightly, as each fold 

 tightens the previous one. 



They are, generally speaking, tied a few inches 

 below the knee, or else about the centre of the 

 leg. This is wrong. They should be tied low 

 down on the fetlock joint. They do not, perhaps, 

 look as well, but it is the best place, for if a 

 bandage is put on ever so loosely, there must be 

 always a certain amount of pressure, and if too 

 great pressure is had in the broad fold of the 



