1H8 MAMMALIA. 



The joint which is below the fore-arm is called the knee (o) ; it 

 corresfioncls to the place of the wrist in Man, and forms an angle 

 turning inwards when the leg is bent. 



The sliank (p) forms the second jjortion of the fore-leg ; it com- 

 mences at the knee joint, and corresjionds to the metacarpus in 

 Man. 



Behind the shank is a tendon, which extends from one end to 

 the other, and is called the back-sinew. 



The fetlock-joint (q) is the articulation immediately below the 

 shank. 



The fetlock itself is a tuft of hair covering a sort of soft horny 

 excrescence, which is called the ergot. 



The pastern (r) is the portion of the leg between the fetlock- 

 joint and the foot. 



The coronet (s) is an elevation lying below the pastern, and is 

 furnished with long hair falling over the hoof, all round the foot. 



The hoofs (/) form, so to speak, the nails of the Horse, and 

 consist of a horny substance. 



In order to describe the parts which make up the hind legs of 

 the Horse, we must go back to the haunches. Each of these con- 

 tains the femur, and corresponds to the thigh of a Man. It is, 

 therefore, the thigh of the Horse, which is joined on to the body, 

 and bears the name of buttocks. It is terminated below and in 

 front bj^the stife (k), which is the joint of the knee containing the 

 knee-pan. It is situated below the haunch, on a level with the 

 flank, and shifts its place when the Horse walks. 



The highest part of the hind leg, which is detached from the 

 bod}^ is called the tliiijk, or e/askins (m'), and corresponds to the 

 leg of a Man. It extends from the stifle and lower part of the 

 buttocks down to the hock (o). 



The hock is the joint which is below the thigh, and bends 

 forward. This joint represents the instep in a Man ; the hinder 

 part of the hock, which is called the point of the hock, is the heel. 



Below the hock are the shank, the fetlock-joint, the pastern, 

 and the foot, just the same as in the fore-legs. 



We will now say a few words as to the diversity of colour in 

 the coat of the Horse, in order to fix the meaning of the terms 

 which are generally employed to designate the various hues which 

 the coat presents. 



