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dangerously, it sometimes happens that the stallion ' 

 does not complete the work of generation, coming ' 

 from the mare without making any injection ; it i 

 should therefore be attentively observed, whether, I 

 in the last moments of the copulation the dock of I 

 the stallion's tail has a vibrating motion ; for such a ^ 

 motion always accompanies the emission of the se- ] 

 minal lymph. If he has performed the act, he must • 

 on no consideration be suffered to repeat it, but be ' 

 led away directly to the stable, and there kept two i 

 days. For, however able a good stallion may be of | 

 covering every day during the three months, it is ] 

 much better to let him be led to a mare only every , 

 other day : his produce will be greater, and he him- ' 

 self less exhausted. During the first seven days, let 

 four different mares be successively brought to him ; 

 ,and the ninth da}^ let the first be again brought, and j 

 so successively while they continue in heat ; but as \ 

 soon as the heat of any one is over, a fresh mare is ' 

 to be put in her place, and covered in her turn 

 every nine days ; and as several retain even at the i 

 first, second, or third time, it is computed that a j 

 stallion, by such management, may, during the 

 three months, cover fifteen or eighteen mares, and 

 beget ten or twelve colts. j 



These animals have a very large quantity of the 

 seminal lymph ; so that a considerable portion of it 

 is shed during the emission. In the mares likewise 

 is an emission, or rather distillation of the seminal 

 lymph, during the whole time they are horsing; 

 ejecting a viscid whitish lymph, called the heats, 

 which ceases on conception. The ejection of this 

 liquor is the most certain sign of the mare's heat ; 

 but it is also known by the inflation of the lower 

 part of the vulva, by her frequent neighings, and 

 attempts to get to the horses. 



Though the usual season for the heat of mares be 

 from the beginning of April to the end of June, yet 

 it is not uncommon to find some among a large 



