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while tlicy have bestowed but httle attention 

 upon those which are most famihar and most 

 serviceable. 



Hence we find tlie anatomy of tiie horse 

 chiefly described by that of the human belni;, 

 and consequently void of accuracy and truth. 

 The physiology of the horse is surely of as 

 much importance as tliat of the butterfly, and 

 the neglect it has hitherto experienced, can be 

 attributed only to that propensity for the mar- 

 vellous which most naturalists possess, and 

 which has induced them to exercise their la- 

 bours upon animals that, by their scarcity, pre- 

 vent, in most instances, the possibility of con- 

 troversy or refutation. But they would have 

 found in the structure and animal oeconomy of 

 the horse, peculiarities sufficient to have em- 

 ployed their ingenuity to its utmost extent. 



The veterinary science is still in its infancy, 

 and to the united exertions of the profession 



we 



