Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . HOOF OF FALKLAND ISLAND HORSE(FRONT AND BACK views). Therefore, unless the front of the hoof be regularlyworn away, as was intended by the Creator, or cutaway by the knife, according to mans ideas of im-proving on nature, it grows to an abnormal length,and prevents the animal from walking in a naturalmanner. The accompanying illustration represents the over-grown hoof of a horse which had lived on the softand swampy ground of the Falkland Isles, and which FKICTION AND THE HOOF. 31 was therefore unable to wear away the hoof byfriction. As may
Horse and man : their mutual dependence and duties . HOOF OF FALKLAND ISLAND HORSE(FRONT AND BACK views). Therefore, unless the front of the hoof be regularlyworn away, as was intended by the Creator, or cutaway by the knife, according to mans ideas of im-proving on nature, it grows to an abnormal length,and prevents the animal from walking in a naturalmanner. The accompanying illustration represents the over-grown hoof of a horse which had lived on the softand swampy ground of the Falkland Isles, and which FKICTION AND THE HOOF. 31 was therefore unable to wear away the hoof byfriction. As may be seen from the illustration, thehoof had curled round like a rams horn, forcing theanimal to walk on the side of the hoof and not onits face. As to the frog and sole, it is not easy toidentify them, so completely are they enveloped bythe overgrown horn of the wall. The accompanying illustration is drawn from aspecimen in the Museum of the College of may be seen among the series of epidermalappendages, and forms a good reply to those
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