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treated on, we'of courfe come to fuch as (from 

 their frequent occurrence) rank in equal elli- 

 mation. 



WORM S. 



"What inveterate obftacles thefe infe<fls arc 

 to a horfe's improvement, where they have un- 

 luckily gained pofleflion, time and experience 

 have futiiciently demonftrated. They are of 

 fo pernicious and deftrudlive a tendency, that, 

 having cnce fecured a fettlement in either flo- 

 mach or inteftines, the horfe becomes a prey 

 to perpetual depredation, till eiFedual methods 

 are taken for their total expiration. The 

 worms v/ith which horfes are fo frequently 

 perfecuted, are to appearance of many diiier- 

 ent forts and fliapes; but the kinds moil: p-e- 

 nerally known and obferved, are the two &\- 

 tind: kLnd of bots and the ascarides or 

 fmall fhort vjor:?2. 



The different bots are remarkable for taking 

 their feats as oppofite to each other in the ani- 

 mal as they are in their own formation ; for 



the 



