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ANIMAL MECHANI1<M. 



make our observations at the start of the anima;!, or at the 

 moment when he passes from the walking pace to the trot. 

 The diagonal impacts succeed each other without interval, as 

 is seen in the notation placed below the figure. The animal 

 has been depicted from the notation. 



The instant which the artist has chosen is that which is 

 marked in the notation by a white dot. At this moment, as 

 the superposition indicates, the left fore -foot is at the end of 

 its pressure ; the right fore-foot is about to reach the ground ; 

 the right hind-foot is finishing its pressure ; the left hind-foot 

 is about to fall. The inclination of the limbs is that which 

 corresponds with each of the phases of the pressures and the 

 rise of the feet. The distance separating the feeit is that 

 which is indicated by the prints on the ground. Thus, in 

 fig. 48, it is- seen that the trot is shortened ^ for the hind-foot. 



Fig, 49.— Horse at full trot. The dot placed in the notation corresponds 

 with the attitude represented. 



