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made tight. To the horizontal bar upon which the horse will rest, 
a double cushion is attached to form a table. By action of the great 
Fig. 17.—Throwing with two leading-reins. 
crank (d), this apparatus, turning on the axis (a a) as a pivot, situated 
at some distance from the ground, is gradually brought down, It 
Fig. 18.—Daviau’s apparatus. 
is easy then to unloose the legs and secure them to the bars or cross- 
pieces. The operator can thus operate sitting down ; the leg of the 
animal is ‘firmly secured ; there isno dust as with the straw bed; the 
