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vertheless more partkularh' necessary in the 

 present improving state- of meaiciiie, where 

 reformation is making such rapid strides, 

 that the adventurous opinions of rustic far- 

 riers, and the dangerous compositions they 

 provide, bid exceedingly fair to encounter 

 a partial oblivion: and as numbers of the 

 first sporting eminence have publicly declar- 

 ed their unalterable determination to com- 

 mence and continue their oicn farriers, such 

 directions cannot be too clearly explained or 

 universally known. 



It will, previous to a continuation upon 

 the subject, be perfectly in point to observe, 

 it was not till after a very rapid sale of the 

 third edition of the Stable Directory, that 

 I entertained the least idea of preparing my 

 most efficacious medicines for the accommoda- 

 tion of the public in general ; and even then 

 the thought occurred not more from the fre- 

 quent supplies required by noblemen and 

 gentlemen at remote distances, than an ob- 

 servation of ^eat weight, made bv one of 

 the most opulent sporting characters in the 

 kingdom. 



^ That having repeatedly purchased his 



