2 OBSERVATIONS. 



the botanical votaries, have rehictantly given 

 place to various dissertations on the distin- 

 guished efficacy of those grand specifics, rner- 

 cmy, opium, antimoyiy, hark, &c. of which so 

 many experimental and elHcacious prepara- 

 tions have been discovered by chemical pro- 

 cess, as to render of little use or respect, any 

 prescription of ancient date, when pat in 

 competition with the rational and approved 

 system of modern iniprovements. The ob- 

 stinate and invincible advocates for the an- 

 cient mode of practice, whether in physic or 

 farriery, are at length obHged to acquiesce 

 in the chanoe ; for, what thev bv inclina- 

 .tion were not willing to acknowledge, time, 

 TRUTH, and EXPERIENCE, havc fully con- 

 firmed. But, strange as it may appear, (yet 

 shamefully true it is!) notwithstanding this 

 rectification of judgment, very little has yet 

 been done to improve, or produce a change 

 in, the long standing, absurd, and ridiculous 

 SYSTEM of FARRIERY; a change as 

 equally necessary, just, laudable, cqidtable, and 

 useful, as any that can be adopted for the gene- 

 ral safety, and advantage of our own species. 

 And this becomes more necessarily and im- 

 mediately the object of serious consideration. 



