6 OBSERVATIONS. 



for the general extirpation of the breed of 

 HORSES, as destructive to the interests of so- 

 ciety. TliOLigh, after prescribing these dread- 

 ful remedies, he modestly confesses, '^ in tlie 

 *' administration there is great danger \ and, 

 '' unless a horse is very strong, he may not 

 '* be able to recover from the experiment." 



This is doctrine (and doctrine) with a wit- 

 ness ! These are the kinds of experiments, and 

 this kind of language that has for two cen- 

 turies been held fjrth in almost every tract 

 upon the subject: and, under these absurd, 

 ridiculouj^, dangerous, and contemptible bur- 

 lesques upon the application of medicine, will 

 any man, who w^ishes well to the cause of 

 humanity, say some rational system of rectifi- 

 cation and improvement is not necessary, to 

 rescue from the danger of perpetual experi- 

 ments the noblest and most valuable qua- 

 druped in the creation ! 



The palpable necessity for such improve- 

 ment having been universally admitted pre- 

 vious to the first edition of this work, it is 

 since rendered more absolutely needjul by the 

 recent resurrection of ancient practice ^ moder- 



