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bruifes, and a long train of probable indifcre'-' 

 tions. From fuch variety of careleffnefs, in- 

 attention, and improper management, proceed 

 had eyesy broken windy greafcy cholicy and many 

 other incidental difquietudes : but what renders 

 it a matter of ftill greater regret is, their falling 

 under the unavoidable medical fuperintendancc 

 of thofe very village farriers w^hofe brilliancy 

 of imagination and fertility of invention are 

 fo particulary difplayedin different parts of the 

 work, 



Difeafes fo evidently refulting from negleci 

 and bad management, may be as certainly pre- 

 vented by proper care and attention ; taking 

 them therefore in rotation, we may venture 

 to affirm — that by far the greater part of thofe 

 defecfts in the eyes, frequently terminating in 

 a lofs of fight, are more the effed: of external 

 injuries than internal deficiencies. The multi- 

 plicity of horfes, particularly of the cart kindy 

 .whofe refpiration is attended with fo much 

 difficulty upon all occafiqps, (but Angularly 

 fo upon increafed exertion) as to be termed 

 ** broken winded, ' ' may be moil readily and clear- 

 ly accounted for in the following manner. Ex- 

 clufive of what has been already faid upon this 



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