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the leg, or foot, not obvious to a common observer, 

 and impeding the action. 



Quitter, and any ulcer, fistula, or abscess, -wher- 

 ever it may be seated. 



Glandular swellings, cough, and discharges from 

 the mouth or nose. 



Sand-crack, or any defect in the hoof; and any 

 tenderness or irritability of the back, quarters, or 

 withers, making the saddle or harness painful. 



All diseases of the eyes, whether it produces blind- 

 ness or not ; but if the disease has disappeared, 

 leaving blindness as the result, sufiiciently obvious 

 to be visible to a common observer, I consider it to 

 be a patent defect, not covered by a warranty of 

 soundness. 



Lastly, I class with unsoundness, pertinacious 

 refusal of the food, because it is certain evidence 

 of the horse's being either constitutionally or locally 

 diseased. 



Before I proceed to the subject of returning a 

 horse to the seller, on the discovery of unsoundness, 

 I must allude to a very important case that has 

 lately been decided, on the extent of a purchaser's 

 right of trial. It is the case of Lord Camoys v, 

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