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account of this property. For, it is a well known fact, that sudden 

 death has often been the consequence of imprudently drinking a 

 large quantity of cold water, when the body has been violently 

 heated by exercise. 



Now, though Horses which are permitted to drink their fill of 

 cold water, when exhausted with heat and thirst, do not drop down 

 dead suddenly, yet it is well known that they are frequently attacked 

 with gripes, and, sometimes, with violent shivering fits, which are, but 

 tod often, the precursors of fatal Inflammations of some of the vital 

 orgfans. To prevent these ill consequences of cold water in winter, 

 grooms have often recourse to the practice of letting a bucketful 

 stand in the stable, for an hour or two, under the persuasion that 

 they may then more safely indulge the Horse, in the gratification of 

 his thirst. But, notwithstanding the general temperature of stables, 

 such a body of cold water, will be so slowly acted upon through the 

 medium of the air, that the application of the thermometer will shew 

 a very small encrease of heat to have taken place in the water. 

 Whereas, in all such cases, if only two or three pints of boiling 

 water, were added to the contents of the bucket, it would prove 

 quite sufficient to obviate any mischief, which the extreme cold of 

 the water, might otherwise produce. On journies. Horses are often 

 kept in a state of excessive thirst, (a state by the bye nearly if not 

 quite as debilitating as that of hunger,) from the ill-judged fears 

 which people commonly entertain, respecting the consequence of 

 indulging them in water. But, on journies, though it would be 

 absurd to let them drink their fill, yet, as Mr. White has very pro- 

 perly directed, thev should be allowed to sip frequently, especially 

 when they travel with great speed, or in very sultry weather. And., 



