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noble parts neceffary to the power of reflect- 

 ing, can form no idea of the ftrength of the 

 animal they beftride; but each concluding his 

 fteed a Pegafus, formed of a fubftantial material 

 called labour evcriafting^ and gifted with perpe- 

 tual motion, they continue to ride or drive the 

 oppreiTedobjed:, till Nature being (after a thou- 

 land fpirited exertions) at length quite exhauft- 

 ed, can move no farther. And I am convinced 

 it requires no uncommon JJmre of penetration, 

 at leaft no ;^^^7V^/ afliftancc from Breslaw, 

 or his cotemporaries, to difcover fo great a 

 palpability as that all things certainly fall when, 

 being deprived of fupport, they can ftand no 

 longer. From this trifling digreflion I infer 

 (and enforce my opinion) that more horfes are 

 thrown down and irremediably injured by the 

 careleflhefs and fhameful inattention of bad 

 riders on bad roads, and over rolling flones, or 

 when they are more cruelly cxhaufted with 

 labour and fatigue, than by any other means 

 in the whole lift of accidents. 



From what caufe foever this misfortune may 

 arife, the Jirft Jiep to relief will be ftill 

 the fame. Wafh the parts well with a fponge 

 and warm water, thoroughly cleanfmg the 



wounds 



