050 EXERCISE. 



a time, and in this state, are put in a course 

 of exercise, and rc'oefu I exercise it certmnly n 

 with a witness ; for without tlie least pre- 

 vious gentle walking, to expedite the gradual 

 evacuation of excrements so' Ion (^ retained for 

 want of motion, tliey are instantly trotted, 

 gallopped, and perpetually turned at each 

 end of a short ride, in such scene of inces- 

 sant confusion for a length of time without 

 remission. The stomach and intestines be- 

 ing overloaded w^th their contents, the 

 horse is totally inadequate to rapidity of mo- 

 tion without great bodily distress ; a few 

 miuutes therefore put him into a wonderful 

 degree of perspiration ; when evidently la- 

 bouring under a difficidty of respiration and 

 disquietude, he is returned tottering to the 

 stable, and there left to grow '' cool at lei- 

 sure ;" laying, in another ivay, the founda- 

 tion of those diseases resvd ting from a col- 

 lapsion of the porous system, and stagnation 

 of perspirable matter, too substantial to be 

 resorbed into the circulation. 



Taking kave for the present of stable dis- 

 cipline, so truly despicable that farther dc- 



