The Round Reduced to the Flat
Then as I came to it, I had to consider that the raised hoof should be latitudinally opposite the point of the knee of the standing leg, and to imitate the harbour-like form at C enclosed between these legs. And in the same Fig- 1 way I had to fix the shape between the off hind and standing leg, in its proportion and relative position to the harbour(C).I looked up and down the cast continually to make each \"Point\" fall into its place under or over another already indicated, and then laterally across it with a similar object.
I compared the slanting lines with the set square of the book behind, and so on, and saw by the aid of a hand-glass-which is absolutely indispensable to the draughtsman-”that the proportion of my black masses, the direction of my lines, and in fact the whole drawing, tallied fairly with the cast.
These are just a few of the things upon which I had to fix my attention, but at the same time and almost unconsciously, my eye was taking in
all the internal drawing. I knew that every part must fit and, by indicating the various masses contained within the outline of the horse, prove the accuracy of the whole.
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