100 GREASE. 



long imcontradtcted. And as I, from the 



first maiueiit of my embarkation in this 

 treatise, liave totally disclaimed the very 

 idea of implicit ol>edience to the dictation of 

 those who have preceded me on the subject,' 

 I now come to the declaration of an opinion 

 directly opposite to what weliave just quot- 

 ed, and (as no bad prelude to what is to fol- 

 low) wrest the attention of the reader to the 

 fallowing circumstaoc^j well worthy of note. 

 — ^That ^:he horses having the most jugular 

 and tiemperate exercise^ food, air, and water, 

 AKE the very subjects that aps in geneial 

 niore severely afflicted with this disease than 

 aojother^ no one will attempt to disprove. 

 For instance^ those passing under the deno- 

 mination of *^ cart horses/* em ployed in 

 teams, agriculture, road waggons, &c. and 

 this eircismstance alonej if unassisted with 

 other testimony, would very much warp the 

 opinion before-mentioned; and prove both 

 the vessels and circulation to be less culpable 

 in this business than that writer seemed to 

 imagine- 



it is a circiimstance known to the most 

 superficial observer, that eoorn^ous quan- 



