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fo that in the prefent inftances we plainly per- 

 ceive the poffibility of almoft a complication 

 of diforders, originating in a fingle caufe, and 

 the foundation of that cause indifcretion. 



A httle reflection upon the incontrovertible 

 truth of this obfervation will furely point out 

 to every humane mailer and faithful fervant 

 the great danger of ov 67^ -riding, driving, or 

 fatiguing, any horfe whatever beyond the line 

 of prudence and confiftency, when not in 

 high condition for the fervice he may be en- 

 gaged in, v/hether turf, field, or road. Let 

 it be conftantly held in remembrance, more 

 horfes are ruined and deftroyed by cruelty and 

 negledl than by chance or accident. The fub- 

 jedt we now treat on proves (miore than any 

 other) the abfolute neceility of infuring con- 

 dition previous to a courfe of conftant bufi- 

 nefs; this muft be obtained by a proper re- 

 moval of thofe impurities or vifcidities that lay 

 the foundation of what the lineal defcendants 

 from Vide an have, time out of mind, denomi- 

 nated humours. 



That procefs, when firft taken up from 

 grafs, or too full of fleili, is particularly 



explained 



