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MAMMALIA. 
The joint which is below the fore-arm is called the knee (o) ; it 
corresponds to the place of the wrist in Man, and forms an angle 
turning inwards when the leg is bent. 
The shank (p) forms the second portion of the fore-leg ; it com- 
mences at the knee joint, and corresponds to the metacarpus in 
Man. 
Behind the shank is a tendon, which extends from one end to 
the other, and is called the back-sineiv. 
The fetlock-joint ( q ) is the articulation immediately below the 
shank. 
The fetlock itself is a tuft of hair covering a sort of soft horny 
excrescence, which is called the ergot . 
The pastern (r) is the portion of the leg between the fetlock- 
joint and the foot. 
The coronet ( s ) is an elevation lying below the pastern, and is 
-furnished with long hair falling over the hoof, all round the foot. 
The hoofs ( t ) form, so to speak, the nails of the Horse, and 
consist of a horny substance. 
In order to describe the parts which make up the hind legs of 
the Horse, we must go back to the haunches. Each of these con- 
tains the femur , and corresponds to the thigh of a Man. It is, 
therefore, the thigh of the Horse, which is joined on to the body, 
and bears the name of buttocks. It is terminated below and in 
front by the stifle ( k ), which is the joint of the knee containing the 
knee-pan. It is situated below the haunch, on a level with the 
flank, and shifts its place when the Horse walks. 
The highest part of the hind leg, which is detached from the 
body, is called the thigh, or gaskins (m) , and corresponds to the 
leg of a Man. It extends from the stifle and lower part of the 
buttocks down to the hock (o'). 
The hock is the joint which is below the thigh, and bends 
forward. This joint represents the instep in a Man; the hinder 
part of the hock, which is called the point of the hock, is the heel. 
Below the hock are the shank, the fetlock-joint, the pastern, 
and the foot, just the same as in the fore-legs. 
We will now say a few words as to the diversity of colour in 
the coat of the Horse, in order to fix the meaning of the terms 
which are generally employed to designate the various hues which 
the coat presents. 
