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effected ; to promote wliich the following 

 methods should be adopted : it is generally- 

 perceptible when a mare is horsings and it is 

 likewise universally known she will then take 

 the horse without further trouble ; mutual 

 consent therefore renders animadversion unne- 

 cessary ; but should the mare, upon being 

 brought to the horse, not make any shcWy on 

 the contrary, give proofs of denial by repeated 

 kicking and other violent exertions, let her 

 (after sufficient trials) be taken away, and 

 some addition be made to her keep ; give her 

 a substantial feed of good oats and a pint of 

 old beans twice a day, continuing to offer 

 her the horse once in three days till a com- 

 pliance is effected. 



After which it will be necessary to ofter 

 her the horse at the expiration of eight days 

 (that is, on the ninth J from the day of her 

 having been covered ; if she again take the 

 horse (which is not at all uncommon) you 

 reckon from the last time of covering, upon 

 a supposition no conception took place from 

 the first copulation, and that it is consequent- 

 ly obliterated. On the contrary, should she, 

 after repeated offers , persevere in rejecting the 



