582 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



consequence of the difficulty of administering medical 

 treatment to them. They are, besides, not robust 

 in their constitutions, being exceedingly liable to 

 complaints of the lungs, if kept in cold situations, from 

 the effects of which they are frequently afflicted 

 with a hard, dry, and husky cough. As with almost 

 all our domestic animals, it is of infinite consequence 

 that their food should be regularly given to them. 



