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deavour to contract into one regular and nni^ 

 form point of view, with as little reference to, 

 or animadversion upon others, as the nature 

 of such publication will admit. 



So much has been said upon the origin, 

 investigation, and cure of disease, in our for- 

 mer volume of The Stable Directory, that we 

 shall advert as little as possible to medi- 

 cal considerations, unless where, from nev/ 

 occasions or recent discoveries, they be- 

 come intimately and unavoidably connected 

 with the subject under discussion, as will 

 probably prove the case with some few- 

 heads before we arrive at the goal of our un- 

 dertaking. 



Breeding, though a subject of palpable 

 importance to the improvement of this most 

 useful animal, seems to have received le*ss 

 assistance from literary exertion than any 

 other that has ever attracted the time or 

 attention of those naturalists, who have in 

 other respects contributed largely to the 

 advantage and entertainment of the public. 

 This assertion, generally considered, has on<i 

 striking exception in the peculiar and con- 



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