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case you may as well begin with a blind one. It is 

 scarcely necessary to add that blindness, whether 

 partial or total, is of comparatively little consequence 

 in a horse intended solely for draught. The blinkers 

 to a certain extent create an artificial blindness, and 

 in crowded streets it is desirable that they should ; 

 but except in four-wheeled carriages, defective sight 

 is objectionable, even in a draught horse. I only 

 mention the difference to guard against the common 

 error of selling a carriage horse, otherwise valuable, 

 because his sight is injured. 



