APPLICATION OF HOBBLES 



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shown in the diagram. The keys, which fit into these holes, arc 

 made of brass or other metal, being shaped Hke a sohd key, 

 but having a shoulder or rim running just underneath the loop 

 in order to prevent them from passing too far into the hole in 



Fig. 8. 

 Key hobble looi)ei] ready for apijlication. 



the board. The hobble consists simply of a piece of tape pass- 

 ing through the ring on the key, the two ends being stitched 

 firmly together. 



Fig. a 



Diagram of dog fixed with hobbles on an ordinary table in the " abdominal " position. 



The method of securing an animal is to first place the clove 

 hitch on the jaws as previously described, then a hobble tightly 

 round each leg (in the fore leg above the carpus and in the hind 



