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the truth in this observation, it is very Httie 

 seen amongst horses of any estimation : 

 on the contrary, is ahnost entirely confined 

 to the lower class of stables and proprietors. 



It it observed to fall chiefly upon those 

 that have been almost stramrers to the taste 

 of oatSy and are kept entirely on t^.e refuse of 

 provender, barren pasture, musty hay, sepa-^ 

 rated hay-bands, sxvanipy mossy ground, or 

 rw^Ay moors ; from all which nature may re- 

 ceive a wretched existence, but cannot be 

 furnished with support \ at least the support 

 necessary to contribute nutritive juices for 

 the constant healthy subsistence of so large 

 a frame. From this mode of living (or rather 

 starvincr) orii>;inates so severe and inveterate 

 a disease ; the economy and law of nature 

 demonstrates it to a certainty, and renders 

 farther animadversions upon the subject 

 tedious and unnecessary: For the blood being 

 by this barren contribution robbed of what 

 it was by nature intended to receive, be- 

 comes impoverished even to a degree of incre- 

 dibility (by those who are unacquainted with 

 the system of repletion and circulation) ; it 

 loses its tenacity and balsamic adhesive quality. 



