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Af'TER water), than by any other means 

 whatever ; in fadt, it is a plan fo palpably con- 

 tradictory and deftrudiive, that it fliould never 

 ije permitted by the ?najier, or adopted by the 

 groom. And there can remain no fhadow of 

 (doubt but this complaint in every clafs of 

 horfes may be moftly prevented by proper care 

 and attention in the fuperintendants -, the irre- 

 gularities in foody watery and the irtconiiften- 

 cies already pointed out> contributing much 

 more to the original caufe of fuch defed than 

 the erroneous formation of parts fo hypothetically 

 afferted by thofe who have wrote before upon 

 this fubjed:* 



Another cifcumftartce requiring the minute 

 infpedlion and attentive obfervation of every 

 proprietor of draft horfes is, that injurious prac- 

 tice of country fervants (called carters) in giv- 

 ing large quantities of anifeed, diapsnteyfcemt^ 

 greCy elecampane y and other powders, intermixed 

 with their foody upon a weak and ill-founded 

 opinion that thofe articles make their teams 

 appear fine in coat and full in flefh : indeed fo 

 ftrongly are they bigoted to the opinion in 

 many (but particularly the wefiern) parts of 

 England, that they expend, (unknown to their 

 D d a employers) 



