28o STRANGLES. 



this is not the true caufe, why does it not 

 appear before they come within the tree of the 

 faddle, or the trammels of harnefs? for, ex- 

 perience demonftrates the truth of this obfer- 

 vation, that twenty horfes for either faddle or 

 cart have this diftemper after being taken into 

 work, to every one attacked with it previous to 

 their being broke and brought into ufe. 



Having introduced thus much to gratify the 

 expedtation of every reader anxious for the 

 elucidation of the caufe, it becomes neceflary 

 to advert to the difeafe itfelf; the iirft attack 

 of which is perceived in a dull, lluggifh hea- 

 vinefs and inadivity; the horfe becomes dif- 

 pirited, lofes his appetite, is feized with a 

 hollow huiky cough, occafioned by the irrita- 

 bility of the inflamed glandular parts in the 

 throat and about the root of the tongue; to 

 excite a degree of moifture in the mouth that 

 may allay this difagreeable fenfation, he Is 

 often picking his hay, but eats little or none; 

 a degree of fymptomatic heat comes on, and a 

 confequent clamminefs and thirft is percepti- 

 ble. As the diftemper advances, he becomes 

 proportionally languid^^nd inattentive ; afwell- 

 ing (fometimes two or three fmaller furround- 



