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WARBLES 



Are thofefmallfwellincrs or tumours form- 

 ed on the fides, or fome part of the back of a 

 horfe, either by the exceffive heat and friction 

 in a long chafe, the extreme prefTure of fome 

 hard or protuberant part in the fluffing of the 

 laddie, or the edge of a narrow faddle-cloth 

 coming directly under the feat of the rider ; 

 and very frequently by the cent per cent, care 

 and caution of the faddler, in the economical 

 length of his girths ; for^ being fometimes by 

 much too Ihcrt, the buckles at either one fide 

 or the other fit below the pad ; or v/hat is ftill 

 worfe, half on and half pfl^; by which m.eans 

 the lower cornei-s of the buckles conftitute this 

 inconvenience to a certainty, as I have repeats 

 edly experienced. But let them proceed from 

 which of thefe caufes they m.ay, I fhall in the 

 cure pafs over the sublimity of Capt, 

 BurdOxN's fertile invention of the ** hot greafy 

 dilhclout." as unnecefiary; alfo Bartlet's 

 Jervility zrA ftei^ility in echoing fo greasy 

 ^n idea; but as every extenfive reader upcn 



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