 He then hitches the lazo, so that the three legs are bound together. Then sitting on the horse's neck, he fixes a strong bridle, without a bit, to the lower jaw. This he does by passing a narrow thong through the eye-holes, at the end of the reins, and...  Natural History: Mammalia - Page 165by Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 302 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1846 - 396 pages
...beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front legs: he then hitches the lazo so that the three are bound together. Then sitting on the horse's neck,...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong, fastened by a slip-knot. The lazo, which bound the three together, being then loosed, the horse... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - Animals - 1848 - 924 pages
...Then sluing on the horse's neck, he fixes a strung bridle, without a bit, to the tower jaw. This lie does by passing a narrow thong through the eye-holes,...two front legs are now tied closely together, with a strung leathern thong, fastened by a illp-knot. The lazo, which bound the three together, being then... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1852 - 750 pages
...hind legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front. He then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together ; then sitting...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong fastened by a slip-knot, the lasso which bound the three together being then loosed, the horse... | |
 | American periodicals - 1852 - 610 pages
...hind legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front. He then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together ; then sitting...jaw. This he does by passing a narrow thong through ANECDOTES OF HORSES. 25 the eyeholes at the end of the reine, and several times round both jaw and... | |
 | South American missionary society - 1861 - 328 pages
...the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front legs : he then hitches the lazo, so that the three are bound together. Then sitting on the horse's neck,...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong, fastened by a slip-knot. The lazo, which bound the three together, being then loosed, the horse... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 492 pages
...hind legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front ; he then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together; then, sitting...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong, fastened by a slip knot j the lasso which bound the three legs together being then loosed, the... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 pages
...hind legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front. He then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together ; then sitting...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong fastened by a slip-knot ; the lasso which bound the three together being then loosed, the horse... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1884 - 862 pages
...hind legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front ; he then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together ; then,...front legs are now tied closely together with a strong leather thong fastened by a slip-knot, the lasso which bound the three legs together being then loosed... | |
 | Thormanby, Willmott Willmott-Dixon - Horsemanship - 1888 - 354 pages
...hind-legs just beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front; he then hitches the lasso, so that the three legs are bound together; then, sitting...front legs are now tied closely together with a strong leather thong fastened by a slip-knot, the lasso which bound the three legs together being then loosed;... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Beagle Expedition - 1889 - 628 pages
...beneath the fetlock, and draws it close to the two front legs; he then hitches the lazo so that the three are bound together. Then sitting on the horse's neck,...are now tied closely together with a strong leathern thong fastened by a slip-knot. The lazo which bound the three together being then loosed, the horse... | |
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