SECURING OF SOLIPEDS. , 
or straps. The plate-longe is passed around the animal, at th 
‘height of the superior part of the forearms and above the hocks, an 
secured, the two ropes or straps thrown over the withers, and th 
loins are tightened to it on both sides. (Butel.) 
The electric bit, invented by de Place, to render the shoeing o 
restive horses easier, could also be utilized to assist in the perform 
ance of other operations in the standing position. 
It is composed of a box containing a chloride of ammonium pile 
a graduated interrupting inductor bobbin, conductors to carry i 
communication between the bobbin and the mouth of the horse, ant 
a special bit. 
Fig. 4.—Hippo-strap.—B, B’, b, buckles; L, thong, its end being attached to the breeching. 
It is a volta-faradic apparatus giving inductive currents (fig. 5). 
“«The pile is connected by a commutator D to the thread of the bob- 
bin, whose induction is carried to the bit through the medium of the 
two collectors of currents A and B. The bobbin thus gives currents 
of induction which are repeated as many times a minute as the 
interruptor I oscillates in the same time. Aspecial apparatus, consist 
ing of a commutator button E and a third collector of currents C, 
allows the operator to vary the number of shocks, the intensity o: 
which in both cases is regulated by means of an induction coi 
with a graduated tube F, which gives a stronger current the furthe: 
it is removed from the bobbin. All that is required to put the in. 
strument in action is to move the commutator D upon its vertica’ 
axis in such a manner that its metallic end will rest on the button H. 
If the interruptor or current breaker does not at once do its work, ii 
can be madeto vibrate gently with the finger; and its motions wil: 
then coritinue. 
‘‘To use this apparatus, a cavesson is placed on the horse's head, 
