KILLING A HOESE. 



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other animals, and the delight tired horses take in rolling, are 

 convincing proofs of the health-giving effect of massage. In India, 

 I always remarked that while a horse was being hand-rubbed 

 by a good syce, the animal did his best to help his masseur, by 

 bringing his weight against the man's hands. Patting on the neck, 

 which is gratefully appreciated by all horses, is a form of massage 

 that is known to medical men as tapotement. 



Fig. 174. — Shooting a horse. 



Much useful information about massage will be found in the 

 writings of Dr. Eccles, Sir William H. Bennett, and other 

 authorities. 



Killing a Horse. 



Theoretically, the most effective way to shoot a horse, is to aim 

 so- that the bullet will go through the brain and enter the spinal 

 cord. This condition, which is difficult to obtain, is apparently 

 well fulfilled in Fig. 174 (p. 679), which is a reproduction of a 

 photograph I took in South Africa in 1901. The entrance of the 



