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and forty-nine minutes. He thus performed his un- 

 dertaking in eleven hours and thirty-two minutes. — 

 BufFon observes, 'I suspect that no example of such 

 fleetness was ever exhibited at the olympic games.' 

 A horse, the property of a gentleman in Biliter- 

 square, London, trotted, on the fourth of July, 1788, 

 for a wager of thirty guineas, thirty miles in an hour 

 and twenty minutes, though allowed an hour and a 

 half. These instances of speed are astonishing, even 

 by ordinary horses. The four miles for the Union 

 Cup at Preston were run in very little more than 

 seven minutes. 



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APPENDIX. 



We will now offer the reader a few brief remarks 

 on some of the most useful veterinary medicines ; 

 describing the qualities, effects, and the quantity 

 usually administered ; and which must in many cases 

 be convenient in deciding the judgment of those 

 who are doubtful in choosing the best medicines. 



Soap. A substance much used in veterinary medi- 

 cine. Given internally its most conspicuous effect is 

 that of a diuretic; many other virtues have been attri- 

 buted to it, probably without sufficient foundation. 

 Good English soap is just as useful a medicine as 

 that called Castile, Venice, or by any other foreign 

 name. It facilitates the operation of aloes or purga- 

 tive compositions, and is almost an indispensable 

 ingredient in diuretic balls ; not only on account of 

 its efficacy, as a diuretic, but from its giving a con- 



