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owner had never been even for a moment di- 

 rected. It is likewise by no means inappli- 

 cable to observe, that for some days previous 

 to the expected foaling of the mare, she should 

 be kept in rathei: a sparing than plentiful 

 situation, to prevent a too great repletion of 

 the intestines, and consequent compression 

 upon the uterus, producing extreme pain^ 

 difficulty, and delay, in the delivery, which 

 might otherv/ise never occur. 



The mare having (as is generally the case) 

 been freed from her burthen v/ithout incon- 

 venience, and no circumstance arising to for- 

 bid it, let her be immediately removed to a 

 healthy and luxuriant pasture, calculated to 

 furnish not only a sufficiency of support for 

 her own frame, but affording a superflux for 

 the substantial and nutritious support of her 

 young. In this a proper discrimination is 

 absolutely necessary ; lank, swampy, sour 

 grass will certainly expand the frame, subsist 

 the dam, and contribute a flow of milk for 

 the foal, but not of tliat rich and luxurious 

 quality that is derived from feeding upon 

 the succulent herbage of maiden meadow. 



