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of fine horfes have been ftaked to the burn^ 

 ing cautery that, with proper time in the field, 

 would have been as certainly laved from the 

 heat of the iron. And it is no lefs aftonifhing 

 that, in the prefent age of equeftrian fagacity 

 and penetration, few can be found whofe rea- 

 fon will fufficiently demonftrate the abfolute 

 neceffity oi time and r^/ to reftore the tone 

 of a relaxed mufcle or tendon ; a fyftem of 

 knowledge as clear as any mechanical principle 

 that can be produced. When the horfe has 

 continued in the ftable, under the treatment 

 here mentioned, for a fortnight, he fhould, if 

 in the winter, have his liberty in a large ftable 

 or barn where he will, by a natural attention 

 to his own eafe and fafety, (unlefs hurried, 

 driven, or difturbed, which fhould be pre- 

 vented) fufficiently guard the injured part« 

 On the contrary, if in the fummer he fhould 

 be turned into a pafture alone, and at a diftance 

 from other horfes where he cannot, by their 

 neighings, be excited to any exertion of fpirit 

 or extravagance that may occafion a relapfe. 

 But, in either cafe, if the enlargement of the 

 part (that generally attends) does not fubfide, 

 and the lamenefs bear vifible marks of amend- 

 ment, fo foon as may reafonably be expelled, 



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