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resources, and you may have a good and faithful servant 

 for many years. 



Surfeit. 



Should surfeit amount to no more than a few spots 

 upon the outside of the quarters, particularly the hind 

 quarters, it is of little consequence. If you are desirous 

 of having the horse, but from the number of spots upon 

 him you apprehend farcy, it will be advisable in making 

 the bargain to stipulate for a cure of the disease within 

 a fortnight. With proper treatment, a mere surfeit 

 may be cured in that time. Until cured, however, the 

 horse is UNSOUND. 



Bleeding. 



Accepting the definition of soundness given by 

 Professor Coleman, that it is perfect health, whilst 

 every deviation is indicative of unsoundness, then the 

 simple necessity for drawing blood renders the horse 

 unsound, and consequently, until the orifice made by 

 the lancet is healed, he is UNSOUND. 



Medicine. 



To require a dose of medicine is an UNSOUNDNESS ; 

 therefore, as in the case last mentioned, until the 

 effects of the medicine are removed, the horse is 



UNSOUND. 

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