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XT will probably be expected^, as I have all along been adYOcating;^ 

 a natural andsimple mode of treating- Horses^ in opposition to the arti- 

 ficial established stable discipline of these Islands, aiid have strongly 

 reprobated^ in an especial manner, the practice of cloathing, that I 

 should lay but little stress, upon the Yiecessity of good grooming, espe- 

 cially, for such as are treated, upon the plan which I have recommend 

 ed. If any of my readers, however, have formed such an opinion^ 1 

 must beg to point out to them, the error into which they have fallen. It 

 shall be my endeavour, at least, to shew them, that such an inference 

 is not fairly deducible, from any of the premises, which have been 

 laid down, in th6 course of this work. For, nothing can be more 

 erroneous, than the notions commonly entertained, about the danger 

 of opening the pores, of a Horse's skin, that is exposed to the rough 

 and the smooth of our inconstant clime. But, in this, as in all other 

 cases of dispute, before we can arg-iife fairly, it becomes necessary 

 that we should define our terms. What then, let me a.sk, is this 

 openine^ of the pores, which many people lay so much stress upon, 

 and entertain su^eh a dread of? To such a degree indeed, is this 



