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DESCRIPTION OF CREEPING JENNY. 
ally, by shewing her, as much as £20 a-day at some races. She 
was born, to all appearance, natural. The two hind extra legs 
made their appearance when she was about three years old, and 
the fore ones a year or two after. The two hinder ones have in¬ 
creased in size for the last few years, and projectfarther out side¬ 
ways. She travelled the other day forty-seven miles with ease ; 
and when she walks she seems to have the power of extending 
the hind extra legs, proving that she has extra extensors of the 
feet. 
The off-hind leg. —The thigh appears to be double, as there is 
a division or cavity along the front of its whole length, and it is 
thicker than usual. The hock is certainly a fine large one, but 
seems as if it was spavined. At, and a little above the fetlock 
joint there grows out, on the inside, a separate part of leg (pas¬ 
terns and foot), but not quite so perfect as the other, and merely 
touches the ground in consequence of the hoof being allowed to 
grow down unnaturally. The frog is rather imperfect. If the 
hoof was properly pared down, it w'ould not touch the ground, 
and does but barely do so at present. This is the largest of the 
two additional hind ones. 
The near-hind leg. —The thiffi and hock are natural. There 
grows from the inside of the fetlock, and just above it, an addi¬ 
tion similar to that abovementioned, but not quite so large. 
The off-fore leg. —There grows on the inside, in a similar situa- 
dition to the others mentioned, a small, badly-formed imitation ad- 
tional leg. The bone (the pastern) is about the thickness of a 
knife-handle, short, and loosely attached to the joint; the liga¬ 
ments giving great play to the joint. The hoof, if it can be 
called so, is nothing more than a horny substance, the thickness 
also of a knife-handle, and three or four inches long. As a 
whole, it has no appearance whatever of a leg. 
The near-fore leg. —At the inside of the fetlock joint there is 
a thickening of the skin, and a little horny substance, in two 
parts, growing from it; but not more than would cover a penny- 
piece, and is about half an inch thick. 
When the owner was here, I shewed him the legs that I have, 
and asked him if he had ever seen or heard of any similar to 
his horse before, and he replied that he had not. 
