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petual adion in conllant labour, are (o pre^ 

 ternaturally extended, that fome of the fine 

 and delicate fibres of which the aggregate is 

 compofed, are, by. fuch extenfion, actually 

 ruptured or broken 5 from the mouths of 

 which (minute as they are) ooze a very trifling 

 portion of ferum, or fluid, which, when ex- 

 travafated, forms a gelatinous fubftance -, and> 

 combining itfelf with the included air, be- 

 comes, to external appearance, a kind of blad- 

 der between the tendon and integuments. 



This being the exacl fyilem of principle 

 and action that conftitutes the caufe, we pro- 

 ceed to the received notion (and our own 

 opinion) of cure. Perhaps it may not be 

 thought intrufive or inapplicable firft to in- 

 troduce a few Vv^ords upon the iubjed: of pre- 

 'ocnticriy which will convey a much ftronger 

 proof of judgment in the rider than any fub- 

 fequent advice that can poffibly be offered on 

 the part of the farrier 3 that is, no more 

 than to recommend it to every man in the 

 poffefTion of a good horfe to reflect a little 

 upon the nature of his own fuperiority, that it 

 is but temporm-y^ and fleeting duration; to 

 ruminate upon this circumftance in the career 



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