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opulent or fashionable; for the wonderful 

 avidity witli whicli the ninnerous editions of 

 tlie Stable Directory have been purchased 

 in this, and repcafcdhj printed \n a neighbour- 

 ing kingdom, are demonstrative proofs that 

 the subject has acquired neiv life from sucli 

 ])ubHcation, and that tlie )?iedical and chirur- 

 irjcal parts of Farriery are emerging very 

 rapidly from the rude and illiterate hands in 

 Avhich they were originally placed. 



Upon this flattering improvement the au- 

 tlior has to congratulate tlie public, as well 

 as his own sensations, upon a series of such 

 uninterrupted success; for the great purport 

 of his pid^lication niuy be considered in a 

 certain degree gratilied, wlien the first for- 

 tunes and abilities no longer silently and im- 

 plicitly submit the nol)lest and most valu- 

 able animal on earth to the ignorance and 

 obstinacy of every unenlightened adventurer, 

 but with a generous emulation condescend 

 to investis^ate the origin of disease, and com- 

 prehend the rational method of cure. This 

 palpable conviction has arisen from the very 

 great i-unber of noblemen and gentlemen of 

 the first eminence, who have not only ho- 



