INDEX. 



Gall, acconut of the, 297 ; bladder, the 



horse has none, 297. 

 Galloping, the action of the horse during, 



Galloway, description of the, 102 ; anec- 

 dotes and performances of the, 102. 



Gall-stones, 311. 



Gaucho, the South American, description 

 of, 38 ; his method of taking and break- 

 ing the wild horse, ib. ,• his boots, curious 

 manufacture of, 39. 



Gentian, the best tonic for the horse, 508, 



Gibbing, a bad habit, cause of, and means 

 of lessening, 444. 



Gigs, formation of, 206. 



Ginger, an excellent aromatic and tonic, 

 508, SI 7. 



Glanders, nature of, 176, 180 ; symptoms, 

 113, 177, 183 ; slow progress of, 177, 

 180; appearances of the nose in, 113, 

 177,179 ; detected by injecting the fron- 

 tal sinuses, 113 ; how distinguished from 

 catarrh, 179 ; ditto from strangles, 179 ; 

 connected with farcy, 178, 181 ; treat- 

 ment of, 184; causes, 181; both 

 generated and contagious, 182 ; oftenest 

 produced by improper stable manage- 

 ment, 181, 182 ; mode of communication, 

 182, 183 ; prevention of, 184 ; ac- 

 count of its speedy appearance, 181. 



Glands, enlarged, it depends on many 

 circumstances whether they constitute 

 unsoundness, 488. 



Glass-eye, nature and treatment of, 167. 



Glauber's salt, its effect, 516. 



Glutsei muscles, description of the, 356. 



Godolphin Arabian, an account of the, 72. 



Goulard's extract, the use of it much over- 

 valued, 511. 



Gracilis muscle, description of the, 355, 

 359. 



Grains, occasionally used for horses of slow 

 work, 467. 



Grapes on the heels, treatment of, 371. 



Grasses, neglect of the farmer as to the 

 proper mixture of, 469. 



Grasshopper springs, description of, 557 ; 

 would be advantageously adopted in post- 

 chaises, ib. 



Grease, nature and treatment of, 369 ; 

 cause of, ib. ; farmer's horse not so sub- 

 ject to it as others, 370 ; generally a mere 

 local complaint, 369. 



Greece, early domestication of the horse 

 in, 8 ; the horse introduced there from 

 Egypt, ib. 



Grey horses, account of the different shades 

 of, 479. 



Grinders, construction of the, 196. 



Grinding, of the food, accomplished by the 

 mechanism of the joint of the lower jaw, 

 194 ; swallowing without, 449. 



Grogginess, account of, 349. 



Grooming, as important as exercise to the 

 horse, 461 ; opens the pores of the skin, 

 and gives a fine coat, ib. ; directions for, 

 ' 462. 



571 



Grunter, the, description of, 279 ; is un- 

 sound, 487. 



Gullet, description Of the, 286; foreign 

 bodies in, 288. 



Gum-arabic, for what purposes used, 494. 



Gutta serena, nature and treatment of, 167. 



Habits, vicious or dangerous, 440. 

 Hackney, description of the, 86 ; its proper 



action, 87 ; anecdotes of the, 89 ; coaches, 



account of, 95. 

 Hsmaturia, 314. 



Hair, account of the, 474 ; question of cut- 

 ting it from the heels, 371. 

 Hamilton, Duke of, the Clydesdale horses 



owe their origin to him, 99. 

 Harnessing, the best mode as regards 



draught, 537; method of, in the time of 



Homer, 535. 

 Haunch, description of the, 353 ; wide, 



advantage of, ib. ; injuries of the, ib. ; 



joint, singular strength of it, ib. ; 



also of the thigh bones, advantage of the 



oblique direction of, ib. 

 Haw, curious mechanism of the, 126 ; 



diseases of, 163 ; absurdity and cruelty 



of destroying it, 127. - 

 Hay, considered as food, 464 ; mowburnt, 



injurious, 469 ; old preferable to new, ib. 

 Head, anatomy of the, 110; the numerous 



bones composing it, the reason of this, 



110 ; section of the, 111 ; importance of 



the proper setting on of, 88 ; beautiful 



provision for its support, 116. 

 Head, Captain, his account of the South 



American horse, 38. 

 Healing ointment, account of the, 517. 

 Hearing of the horse, the very acute, 121. 

 Heavy black horses, account of, 99. 

 Heart, description of the, 239 ; its action 



described, ib.; inflammation of the, 240 ; 



dropsy of the, 240. 

 Heber, Bishop, his account of the Arabian, 



26. 

 Heels, question of cutting the hair from 



them, 371 ; low, disadvantage of, 403 ; 



proper paring of, for shoeing, 418 ; 



washing of the, producing grease, 371. 

 Hellebore, white, used in inflammation of 



the lungs and fevers, 508 ; black, its 



use, 508. 

 Hemlock, given in inflammation of the 



chest, 509. 

 Henry VIII., tyrannical regulations con- 

 cerning horse, by him, 60 ; the breed 



of the horse not materially improved by 



him, 61. 

 Hepatic duct, the, 297. 

 Hernia, the nature and treatment of, 308. 

 Hide-bound, the nature and treatment of, 



476. 

 High-blower, a description of the, 254, 



279 ; is unsound, 487. 

 Highland pony, description of the, 104. 

 Hind legs, description of the, 353. 

 Hind wheels should follow the precise 

 track of the fore ones, 553. 



