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alittle idlenefs,; when not looked after. I ought, 
therefore, {triétly fpeaking, to fay, that with two 
bufhels three horfes worked in every refpe@ as 
ufual, though without any corn. This food, with 
hay, was continued till the “middle of May 1796, 
wher the horfes were put to grafs. I hope it will 
not be trefpafling too much on your patience by re 
lating the {tate of the three horfes. One, ufed for 
the fhafts, is a young, ftrong, and healthy gelding; 
the other two are old mares, and generally ufed as 
leaders to oxen, which commonly draw in harne‘s. 
One of the mares the preceding’ winter (1794*5) 
was very fhort winded; this, (1795-6) while eating 
the furze, breathed quite free and eafy. She was 
with foal. The other mare in winter, had always 
fwelled legs; in this of 1795-6, her legs continued 
as they had been the fummer before—not inthe 
leaft enlarged. It was (what is here called) the 
French furze which I ufed, and only the tender 
green tops thereof, The woody part, and even 
thofe which were brown, were rejected. 
If this rugged plant fhould on trial, in its wild 
ftate, be found to merit more attention than has been 
generally allowed, it may be thought that good 
ground, well prepared, and with implements adapted 
to cutting and grinding or bruifing it, with a regular 
and judicious mode of ufing, would render it of 
more importance than a few trials without fuch aids 
could poflibly lead us to fuppofe. 
Should 
