Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 119
alf-way horse.There are still three toes on the hind foot, but one moreof the fingers of the forefeet has disappeared. Thistime it is the little finger that goes, leaving only asmall bone to show that its going was by a slow shrink-ing. The creature now has three little hoofs on eachof its feet.… … Fig. 11. Development of Horses Foot. coming on the earth, appears his faithful servant, thehorse, in which those little side hoofs have disappeared,leaving only two little splint bones to mark theplace where these side hoofs belong. Thus, step bystep, our horses feet were built up; while these…
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