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to blindness, wall-eyes would be the only sound ones ; 

 and, in such case, He who has arranged with perfect 

 wisdom everything for the good of His creatures 

 would have made them the most prevalent, and not 

 the exception. 



The truth is that such eyes are neither weaker nor 

 >nger than ordinary ones, and are, therefore, SOUND. 



And wall-eyes are not considered a BLEMISH. 



White of Eyes. 



A horse that usually shows much white of the eye, 

 particularly at the front corner, or that nearer to 

 the nose, is, in most cases, hasty and nervous, if not 

 violent, and you may believe, accustomed to ill usage. 



In exceptional instances you will find a mild- 

 tempered horse showing much of the white, owing 

 to the unusual smallness of the iris, but the difference 

 of expression in the two cases is most apparent, the one 

 expressing rage or fear, while the other beams with 

 mildness and confidence. 



Exchange. Swap. 



In an exchange, or, as it is technically termed, in a 

 swap, it is vulgarly believed that no warranty, given 

 by either party to the transaction, is binding. 



