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every part of the frame. By such contrast 

 they are instantly liable to a sudden collap- 

 sion of the porous system, which locking up 

 the perspiration matter so violently pro- 

 pelled to the surface, throws it back upon 

 the circulation with redoubled force ; where 

 nature being too much overloaded to admit 

 its absorption, it becomes immediately fixed 

 upon the eyes or lungs, laying a very 

 substantial foundation of disease and disqui- 

 etude. 



If such horse is put into strong exercise, 

 he soon proves himself inadequate to either 

 a long or an expeditious journey : for whe- 

 ther the body is overburthened with weak 

 and flatulent food and water at setting out, 

 jaded with early fatigue, to which he has 

 not been accustomed, or debiUtated with 

 the stable discipline we have so minutely 

 described, the eifect is nearly the same. If 

 his journey is of any duration, or his exer- 

 tions of any great magnitude, it is no un- 

 common thing to find he has fallen sick, 

 lame, or tired upon the road ; and under 

 the worst of curses, a bad character, is fre- 

 quently sold tf> the first bidder ; under whose 



