128 . Glanders. 



instances of Glanders^ (so long as the present system of stable ma- 

 nagement continues^ will never be materially diminished, except 

 among the Horses in his Majesty's service, until the Statutes shall 

 reach the delinquency of those offenders against the Moral Code, 

 who shall expose to sale such Horses, as are known to be affected, 

 with this deplorable malady. 



A custom which is as notorious, as its effects are destructive. For, 

 it is, in fact, impossible to calculate the extent of the mischief pro- 

 duced by this practice, especially at markets and fairs, where it is com- 

 mon to bring out Horses from, and return them into, public stables, 

 repeatedly, before they be finally disposed of. 



Hence, it follows that the effect of inoculation is most commonly 

 secured, in one way or other. For, the Glanderous matter is 

 frequently conveyed from the nose of a diseased Horse to one that is 

 sound, in consequence of the common custom which Horses have of 

 rubbing their noses against each other ; or the same thing may as 

 readily happen from the virus being left on any part of the Stall, 

 Rack, or Manger, where it may chance to be deposited. 



Further, if it be taken into account that at fairs. Horses are fre- 

 quently put into stables without stalls, and that when one Horse is led 

 out, another is usually brought to fill up his place immediately, we 

 shall cease to wonder at the continual propagation and great fre> 

 quency of the disease. Neither ought we to overlook the facts 

 which have been advanced on the subject of Farcy, which may serve 

 to convince us, that each individual of the species has the power of 

 originating, or (to use the common mode of expression,) breeding the 

 Glanders. Having premised thus much, I proceed to enumerate the 



