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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
form of animal, which will convey a more correct 
idea of tie situation of the different bones as embodied in 
the muscbs ; and by comparing this view of the skeleton 
with Cur representation of the perfect horse in plate 1, the 
reader will have little difficulty in ascertaining the position 
which he various bones occupy under the superincumbent 
muscles. 
Fig 1, 1. The g&ven cervical vertebrae, or bones of the neck. 
2. The stejnum, fore part of the chest, or breast-bone. 
3. The scapula, or shoulder-blade. 
4. The humerus, or hone of the arm. 
5. The radius, or hone of the fore-arm. 
6. Tne ulna, or Ibow. 
7. The cartilages of the ribs. 
8. 8, 8. The costae or ribs, seven or eight of which unite with, 
or fire articulated to the sternum—these are called 
the true ribs; and ten or eleven are united together 
by cartilages, and are called the false ribs. 
, 9. The ;arpus, or knee, consisting of seven bones. 
10. 10. The metacarpal, or shank-bones : the larger metacarpal, 
or cannon, or shank-bone, in front, and the smaller 
metacarpal, or splint-bone behind. 
11. The upper pastern. 
12. The lower pastern. 
13. The coffin-bone. 
14,14. The eighteen dorsal vertebrae, or bones of the back. 
15, The six lumbar vertebrae, or bones of the loins. 
16, 16. The haunch, consisting of the ilium, the ischium, and 
the pubis. 
17 , 17 . The femur, or thigh-bone. 
18, 18. The stifle-joint, with the patella, or knee-cap. 
19 , 19 The tibia, or proper leg-bone. 
20, The fibula. 
21,21. The tarsus, or hock, composed of six bones. The 
prominent part behind is the os calcis, or point of the 
hock 
22. The metatarsal bones of the hind legs 
