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EXPLANATION OF THE DRAWINGS. 
Fig. 1. Animal standing with hobbles applied. 
Fig. 2. A hobble without a strap and buckle at the back ; a a a , the in- 
side leather lining projecting over the edge; b y iron strap attaching the D to 
the hobble, made of wrought Swedish iron, rivetted on both sides through 
the leather ; c, iron strap securing the ring which receives the D, made with 
a projecting shoulder to keep the ring in its proper position ; d, the body of 
the hobble, made of two pieces of thick leather, with an inside lining, all 
sewed together; e, an iron ring shaped like aD, with projecting shoulders, to 
prevent the other ring slipping quite over it : it is made of the best wrought 
Swedish iron, 3-10ths of an inch in diameter, and which, if properly made 
of that substance, although light looking, I have found quite sufficient tor 
the strongest animal : the D turns freely in its socket iron ring which re- 
ceives the D, made sufficiently large to receive theD freely; this ring, like 
the other, turns freely in its socket. 
Fig. 3. A hobble with a strap and buckle at the back, to allow of the leg 
being released. 
Fig. 4. A loop of iron, with thickened flattened ends, with a hole to re- 
ceive a screw, which secures the last link of the chain, (see Fig. 1). 
