"After attaching themselves to the walls of the stomach, the botfly larva are nourished by the blood…
"After attaching themselves to the walls of the stomach, the botfly larva are nourished by the blood…
"Skeleton of Mesohippus bairdi, the three-toed ancestor of our horse. This animal was about the size…
"Each is a two-wheeled affair, with seats high up over the wheels and steps below on which our feet…
"Denmark is one of the best dairy countries of the world, and I doubt whether there is any other land…
"The carrioles are little carts not unlike our American sulkies, save that each carriole has a seat…
"Then Phaethon beheld the world on fire, and felt the heat intolerable. The air he breathed was like…
There was an old man of Nepaul, from his horse had a terrible fall; But, though split quite in two,…
From a nursery rhyme, Simple Simon Met a Pieman. The Simple Simon went a-hunting for to catch…
A scene from the nursery rhyme, The Nonsense of Edward Lear. There was a young lady of Ryde,…
"These monsters were represented as men from the head to the loins, while the remainder of the body…
"Hippolyta, the queen, received him kindly, and consented to yield her girdle, but Juno, taking the…
"Castor and Pollux were the offspring of Leda and the Swan, under which disguise Jupiter had concealed…
This is a simple little device for use on long ladders which have no more certain footing, sometimes,…
An animal resembling the horse, and showing external characteristics found in the ass. It resembles…
In the Roman Republic, and later the Empire, the curule seat was the chair upon which senior magistrates…
Horses have long played an important role in transportation, whether ridden or used for pulling vehicles.
A very beautiful animal, resembling te quagga in some respects, but having the coloring of a zebra.
The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans…
A horse, with names of parts. 1, crest; 2, withers; 3, croup; 4, hamstring; 5, hock; 6, cannon; 7, fetlock;…
A covering for the feet, consisting of soles so attached as to leave the upper part of the feet bare.…
The son of Acoetes and allegedly a priest of Poseidon at Troy. He is famous for warning the Trojans…
"A reduced copy of the 'Knight,' and is interesting as one of the first wood-engravings executed in…
A spur is a metal tool designed to be worn in pairs on the heels of riding boots for the purpose of…
"A current is caused to pass from the mercury through C along the radius of the disc A through the field…