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Cutting up an Ox

In the diagram of Dressed Ox, 1 is the sirloin; 2, top, aitch or edge-bone as it is indifferently called; 3, rump; 4, round or buttock; 5, mouse or lower buttock; 6, veiny piece; 7, thick flank: 8, thin flank; 9, leg; 10, fore-rib (containing five ribs); 11, middle-rib (containing four ribs); 12, chuck-rib 9 5 12 3 7 1 18 8 10 14 11 12 13 17 15 16