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CHAPTER

I.—Supply. Age. Height. Weight. Value. Purchase.

Sales. Marks of Identification

1

CHAPTER

II.—General Hygiene:—On the Causes and Prevention
of Disease. Feeding. Natural Fodder. Artificial
Food. Times of Feeding. Watering. Work and
Exercise. Power of Endurance. Paces. Rest and
Sleep. Exposure. Bathing and Grooming. Atten-

dants and their Duties

15

CHAPTER

III.—Hygiene:—Gear for Dragging. Pack-gear. Care of

Gear. Summary of General Hygiene

39

CHAPTER

IV.—Mounting. Restraint. Fettering for Grazing. Secur-
ing for Operations. Bolting. Crossing Rivers.

Quicksands. Destruction of Elephants
PART II.

49

OUTLINES OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.

CHAPTER

I.—The Skeleton .

61

CHAPTER

II.—The Skin. Mucous and Serous Membranes. Mus-

cular System .

73

CHAPTER

III.—The Chest and Organs of Respiration

76

CHAPTER

IV.—The Circulatory System

81

CHAPTER

V.—The Digestive System

83

CHAPTER

VI.—The Urinary System

88

CHAPTER

VII.—Organs of Reproduction. Milk. Breeding. Pregnancy.

Parturition . . . .

90

CHAPTER

VIII.—The Nervous System and Special Organs

98

CHAPTER

IX.—Elementary Physiology

100

CHAPTER

X.—Elementary Physiology—continued

104