HOBBLES. 



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as is thought requisite (Figs. 5 and 9). Hobbles can be impro- 

 vised b)/ doubling four long pieces of tape in each case so as to 

 make a slip noose in the centre (Fig. 6), and then fixing the 



Fig. 4. 

 A clove liitch ready for application. 



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 

 practice, and even where only a moderate amount of canine 



i'lG. 5. 

 The author's pattern of hobble. 



work is done its advantages cannot be over-estimated. The 

 top should be made of some hard wood, such as pitch pine, 

 teak etc. which will bear constant washing without tendency 



