C H O L I C, &c. 341 



Invariable refolutions fhould therefore be 

 formed and adhered to, ftridtly avoiding what- 

 ever may conftitute the foundation of either 

 trouble or danger. A horfe fliould never be 

 fuffered to fcand long in a wet and dirty con- 

 dition after chafe or journey; to drink cold 

 v/ater when hot, or fpring v/ater from well or 

 pump, when pond or river can be obtained : 

 his feeds fhould be likewife regularly difpenfed, 

 with proper refped to equation in time and 

 proportion in quantity. The quality as well 

 as quantity of both hay and corn mull: ever 

 be held in conflant remembrance; theie being 

 jointly and individually neceffary to a perma- 

 nent eftabliiliment of health, ftrength, and 

 condition. To poflefs all which in a high 

 degree, and to proceed for llrong and power- 

 ful exertions in the field or on. the read, his 

 regular confumption Ihould be two buihels of 

 oats and two truifes of hay per week. 



The ftate of the body refpeding evacua- 

 tions fhould not be neglected; regularity in 

 thefe w^ill be equally neceffary with puncftuality 

 in food : the ftate of a horfe's body may be 

 moft accurately afcertained by the appearance 

 jpf his dung; if it is ejeded of a fine bright 

 Z 3 colour 



