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course to farriers of judgment, extensive 

 practice, and nice discrimination. To pre- 

 vent, therefore, the frequent dreadful effects 

 of confidence and ignorance on one hand, or 

 an injudicious use of powerful and dangerous 

 medicines on the other, every man will do 

 well to interpose his authority, and be well 

 and clearly informed of the cause and in- 

 tended method of cure, previous to the ad- 

 ministration of a single medicine for any 

 complaint whatever. 



On the contrary, in the more populous 

 and enlightened parts of the kingdom, far- 

 riers are known, whose abilities and practice 

 rank them high in estimation ; but as these 

 ^re certainly not the growth of every soil, 

 or produce of every parish, most owners of 

 horses constantly in their possession will not 

 find either their time or attentiou entirely 

 wasted, by endeavouring occasionally to form 

 a tolerable acquaintance with the subject 

 matter of the work before us. In a conve- 

 nient or proper time, after bleeding, throw 

 up the following emoUient glyster : 



