CHAPTER XIII. 



These general rules for the treatment of a sound 

 or weary horse are of easy application ; they require 

 nothing more than a little attention from any man 

 of common sense. It is not so easy to advise an un- 

 skilful man how to treat an unsound horse, and yet 

 there are general suggestions that may deserve atten- 

 tion even on this head, if he is so circumstanced as 

 not to have easy access to an intelligent farrier. In 

 London, every man who keeps a horse habitually, 

 should subscribe to the Veterinary College ; for the 

 trifling fee of two guineas annually, he is assured of 

 having a sick or disabled horse treated with all the 

 skill of which the present state of veterinary science 

 admits ; and he is equally certain that disease will 

 not be prolonged to swell the length of a farrier's 

 bill. Indeed the first point which ought to be con- 

 sidered, is generally the last that ordinary farriers 



