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disorders arising from an impurity, viscidity, 

 or acrimony in the blood. The hoofs, by 

 being almost invariably fixed to the constant 

 heat of the accumulating dung before de- 

 scribed, acquire a degree of contraction in- 

 dicating hoof-bound lameness. The eyes 

 frequently give proof of habitual weakness^ 

 in a watery discharge from the continual ir- 

 ritation of the volatile effluvia, the dilatation 

 and contraction of the eye in search of light, 

 the heat of the body, &c. all tending to con- 

 stitute a frame directly opposite in healtli, 

 vigour, and appearance, to those whose con- 

 dition is regulated by a very different system 

 of stabularian management. 



The evils arisincj from this mistaken treat- 

 ment are only yet enumerated in part, being 

 those that evidently appear upon a superficial 

 survey of the stables and their contents ; 

 others become discernible upon being brought 

 into action. They are certainly less enabled 

 to encounter fatigue than any horses in the 

 kingdom ; from so constant an existence in 

 the absolute fumes of a hot hath, they never 

 can be exposed to the external air in a coid, 

 wet^ or 'winter season, without danger to 



