I20 SURFEIT. 



contrary, it is univerfally feen, that horfes 

 labouring under the difeafe known by the 

 appellation of surfeit, are generally ^^^r. 



There is no rational unprejudiced man liv- 

 ing who will not mofl cheerfully fubfcribe his 

 opinion to a fair inveftigation and demonflra- 

 tion of TRUTH, rather than every fallacious 

 conjcBure that may be forcibly feized upon by 

 a POST-HASTE author^ impatient to arrive at 

 the goal of his undertaking. 



Of SURFEITS then there are two kinds, 

 originating from different caufes, one being 

 no more than a very advanced ftage of the cafe 

 laft defcribed; which being long negledled, 

 continues to encreafe, with all its fymptoms 

 before mentioned, till the entire mafs of blood 

 being at laft affedtedy difplays itfelf upon the 

 flirface of the body with a degree of virulence 

 that forcibly appeals to the fenfations of the 

 owner; and necejjityy by the plea of self- 

 interest, prompts him to yield, in his own 

 defence, what the dicftates of humanity had in 

 vain endeavoured to, obtain. This I confider 

 one embelUfoment to the Farrier*s abflrufe 

 abridgment; to which I fh^U add an additional 



deiinition 



