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ever. The author would, however, object to such an animal being put 
into the shafts with even a light load behind it, or to its being again 
used for saddle purposes. The animal, though forbidden these uses, 
has still a large field of service open to it. 
This operation is alike effectual and humane. That the last assertion 
may not appear based upon a single opinion, the author presents the 
reader with an engraving taken from a park near Lewes. That animal 
seemed to have all four limbs contracted, or the hind limbs were flexed 
and much advanced, to take the weight off the fore members. <A foal 
ran by the side of the creature thus crippled; though it would be sup- 
posed no sane person would select such a dam to breed from. 
Now had this mare been operated upon, slight pain would have been 
inflicted. Tendon; unless in a state of inflammation, has no sensation. 
Relief would have been afforded for the remainder of the life, and 
though, from her make and shape, the animal might never have held a 
high station among her breed, still, with straight legs she must have 
been worth as much for work as with bent limbs she could be valuable 
for stock purposes. 
