18S WARBLES. 



served, ^^ A Practical Treatise'' may be com-r 

 piled from Gibson, Burdon, Bracken, 

 and others, without coining a NEW 

 THOUGHT, I shall forbear to animad- 

 vert upon the advantages of plagiarism, 

 and come to the proper treatment of the 

 subject now before us ; not omitting to ob- 

 serve how very difficult it may be to make 

 it convenient in some countries (and to 

 SOME POCKETS) to boil a rump of beef 

 or gammon of bacon, merely for the procu- 

 ration of *^ a hot greasy ^dish-clout" to effect 

 the purpose : upon the force of this natural 

 reflection, I relinquish the idea of enforcing 

 so difficult a process, and shall endeayour to 

 furnish such SUBSTITUTES as will cer- 

 tainly prove more efficacious and satis- 

 factory. 



So soon as the saddle is taken oif, after a 

 severe chase, or hard journey, a good groom 

 or ostler will be very minute in his examir- 

 pations to discover whether an injury has 

 been sustained in this part or any other. 

 He will instantly perceive, by the horse's 

 >vincing, whether there is any defect from 

 which a warble may speedily ensue; if sq. 



