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let it be extracted from the visible effect of 

 the burning cautery, or rotational multiplicity 

 of FiiiED HORSES iu perpetual liberation 

 from the hands of every eminent operator in 

 the various parts of the kingdom. As this 

 custom is now too far advanced in practice, 

 and too firmly estabhshed by interest (at the 

 original source of circulation), to admit of cure 

 or palliation, further animadversion upon its 

 ill effects cannot be productive of either suc- 

 cess or utility: continuing, therefore, our de- 

 termination to avoid remarks extraneous or 

 desultory, we proceed to such practical ob-* 

 servations as are more likely to excite gene- 

 ral attention. 



Of these, none become more entitled to 

 the consideration of horse-breakers and their 

 employers, than the natural disposition 

 and temper of the subject they are taking 

 in hand ; for it is a positive fact that more 

 horses have been injured in their tempers 

 and dispositions by the indiscretion, impe- 

 tuosity, or professional intoxication of those 

 to whose management they are unavoidably 

 intrusted, than by any other means what- 

 ever. 



