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Whatever doubts or opinions may have 

 been held, or gone forth, respecting their 

 origin or different kinds, one opinion has 

 been long universal upon their effects ; that 

 is, where they have taken possession for any 

 length of time, or in any great degree as to 

 number, no care, art, or attention^ can oive 

 your horse the appearance of hilarity^ 

 HEALTH, and CONDITION. He is in perpe- 

 tual anxiety for a constant supply of either 

 food or water, and in return but poorly re- 

 pays the gratification ; for, in the midst of 

 all, he seldom or indeed nerer, looks well ; 

 after having 'been some time a prey to them 

 he gets low in flesh, hard in his hide, his 

 coat stares, he always seems dejected, sweats 

 upon trifling exercise, and that sweat per- 

 ceptibly unhealthy, and remarkably foul iii 

 effluvia. 



The smaller kind of bots, and the asca- 

 RIDES, or small round worms, are attended 

 in general with no other symptoms or in- 

 conveniences than the last described ; on the 

 contrary, the bots, whose station is sup- 

 posed (hitherto) to be confined to the sto* 

 mack, when strong in number and come to 



