26 OBSERVATIONS, 



In respect to the anatomical structure of a 

 horse, nothing can be added upon that subject 

 to excite attention ; it has been ah^eady so 

 minutely investigated and accurately ex- 

 plained by Gibson and Snape, that the least 

 room for addition or enlargement is not left 

 for any succeeding writer \yho does not (as 

 before observed) admit the capacities of the 

 solids to be more enlarged, the fluids increas- 

 ed, or the heart changed from one side to the 

 other, since the days of those authors, who so 

 well fulfilled to the public the tasks the}^ had 

 undertaken. And as the operative part of 

 FARRIERY is uot intended to come within tlie 

 purpose of our present plan, but is entirely 

 submitted to those whose inunediate profes- 

 sion it is to be most clearly informed of ; to 

 the excellent anatomical works of the above 

 writers I refer them for a completion of their 

 studies, and come to such a system as it is 

 absolutely necessary for every sportsman to 

 understand, that he maybe not onl\' enabled 

 to prescribe for his own horses upon emer- 

 gencies, but to judge of the propriety of their 

 treatment when, by the severity of circum- 

 stances, submitted to the superintendence of 

 others. - . 



