482 SUPPLEMENT- 



It mayy with the flrifteft juftice, be per- 

 mitted to boaft fome degree of affinity to the 

 fubjeft fo largely treated on, when it is con- 

 fidered how very common an appendage one 

 animal is to the other ; fo much fo, that in field 

 fports their fafety and perfections feem not 

 only to go hand in handy but it is difficult (out 

 of the metropolis) to find the pro-feffor of a 

 horfe, or horfes, that thinks himfelf at all 

 equipped without hounds, greyhounds, point- 

 ers, fpanielsy or terriers, in his train alfo- 



Under the influence of this obfervation, I 

 can poffefs no fear of its favourable reception 

 among thofe who fairly inveftigate the ra- 

 tionality of medical innovation, or condefcend 

 to court and patronife experimental improve- 

 ment; prefuming upon the numerous and 

 flattering plaudits bellowed upon my former 

 publications, I can hefitate but little in fub- 

 mitting to infpei!^ion the obfervations I have 

 made upon a difeafe, w^hofe annual deftrudiion 

 is generally known, in every part of the king- 

 dom, with no other defcription or definition 

 in origin, caufe, or effeft, than " the dis- 

 temper ;" of which having endeavoured for 

 fome years to form an opinion with fuch 

 X accuracy^ 



