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failing in that, to get it into the next easiest, viz., the hind 

 legs first — that impracticable, to remove those parts of the 

 foal which ofier most resistance, care being taken in so doing 

 not to bruise or lacerate the mare. In no circumstances 

 are tact, coolness, and steady perseverance more required 

 than in a protracted case of labour ; however, the dictates of 

 humanity no less than professional duty demand that we 

 shrink not from the most difficult. 



