34 BLEEDING. 



fize, ftate, ftrength, and temperament of the 

 horfe, with due attention to the fleih he may 

 have gained, or the impurities he may have 

 imbibed v^ith his pafture. 



And here let me particularly caution the 

 operator and the owner againft that fiovejily^ 

 infernal y and contemptible (not to add danger- 

 ous) practice of fuffering the blood to fall 

 indifcrimina:^e}y, in refped; to quantity and 

 quality, upon the ground or diuighilL Thi^ 

 felf-iiifficient manner of 



BLEEDING 



the farrier always confiders a flriking proof 

 of his confequence, and a never failing mark 

 oi his infallibility ; but it never can be too 

 much difcouraged, and in faft ought by no 

 means to be countenanced, or indeed, per- 

 mitted. If no particular plethora or fulnefs 

 •appears, to render large evacuations neceflary, 

 three pints will prove fufRcient for a flender or 

 delicate fubjed:; two quarts for the more ad- 

 vanced in ftrength or fize ; but from the very 

 largfe and ftrong, or remarkably foul hdrfe^, 



may 



