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be placed anywhere on the edge of an ordinary kitchen or 

 saddle-room table, a tape to pass round each leg, and adjust- 

 able sliding cords by which the length may be graduated as 



Fig. 9. — A Clove Hitch ready for Application. 



much as is thought requisite (Fig. 10). Hobbles can be 

 improvised by doubling four long pieces of tape in each 

 case so as to make a slip-noose in the centre (Fig. 11), and 



Fig 10. — The Author's Pattern of Hobble. 



then fixing the loose ends to the legs of an ordinary kitchen 

 or saddle-room table, or to nails or hooks driven in the edge 

 of the table. 



An operation-table is almost essential in every large canine 



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