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into sudden exertions and constant exercise, 

 loaded (in circulation) with the weight that 

 has been so long accumulating without in- 

 terruption, from either purgatives, diuretics, 

 or even perspiration ? If this is not the truf 

 cause, why does it not appear before they 

 come within the tree of the saddle, or the 

 trammels of harness ? for experience demon- 

 strates the truth of this observation, that 

 tiventy horses for either saddle or cart have 

 this distemper after being taken into work, 

 to every one attacked with it previous to 

 their being broke and brought into use. 



Having introduced thus much to gratify 

 the expectation of every reader anxious foy 

 the elucidation of the cause, it becomes ne- 

 cessary to advert to the disease itself; the 

 first attack of which is perceived in a dull, 

 sluggish heaviness and inactivity ; the horse 

 becomes dispirited, loses his appetite, is 

 seized with a hoUow husky cough, occa- 

 sioned by the irritability of the inflamed 

 glandular parts in the throat and about the 

 roof of the tongue ; to excite a degree of 

 moisture in the mouth that may allay this 

 disagreeable sensation, he is often picking 



