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suppose that he can be so capable of going 

 through excessive fatigue, as if he had previ- 

 ously received a quantity of food sufficient for 

 the demands of nature, 



A\^^HATEVER food and water a hunter might 

 take on the hunting morning (provided he was 

 fed early) would undergo the digestive process, 

 and be so disposed of by the time he reached 

 the cover, as to occasion no inconvenience 

 whatever. Thus, when the animal has been 

 obliged to fast for an unreasonable length of 

 time, and has also undergone excessive fatigue, 

 the stomach loses its tone, and the appetite does 

 not return until the following morning. As a 

 remedy for this inconvenience, grooms give 

 cordial balls, so that in process of time, the horse 

 experiences the same effects which take place 

 in mankind when accustomed to drink drams, 

 and becomes, in a great measure, unservice- 

 able, if he does not receive this artificial 

 stimulus. 



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