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inquired into. But as it appears very little 

 amongft horfes of the firft or lecond clafs, 

 appropriated to either turf or field, and is con- 

 fined chiefly to thofe before defcribed, or fuch 

 as are unluckily deftined to a hard road, and a 

 harder' mafter, fall in for a much greater pro- 

 portion of WORK than care; I avail myfelf 

 of this additional obfervation to corroborate any 

 former alTertion, or opinion, — that this com- 

 plaint frequently originates much more in the 

 ill humours of \}iit groom than the horse 3 to 

 which the careleimefs and inattention of the 

 mafter does not fometimesa little contribute. 



But as an ancient adage inftrufts us to be- 

 lieve '^ There is no rule without exception,' ' 

 fo I am willing to admit the exception, and 

 allow that a vijcidlty or tenacity in the blood 

 may ^ng^vA^x foidnefs \ and i772puritics may be 

 produced by omitting to corredl and purify 

 acrimony on the one part, or d. JluggiJJj cohefion 

 on the other. Colledions of matter may be 

 formed, and are undoubtedly the efforts of 

 NATURE to difburden herfelf of the morbid 

 affeBion^ and ftie moft wifely makes thofe 

 efforts as remote as poflible from the vital 

 principle of adion, and in the parts beft quali- 

 iied to bear the operation. 



H 4 Thus 



