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tentiVe inspection ; this oblique but accurate 

 survey as certainly terminates to the discre- 

 dit of the master as the prejudice of the ser- 

 vant, leaving no favourable impression of 

 their stable management at home, or eques- 

 trian prudence in the field. 



External deficiency is not the only incon- 

 venience arising from improper condition ; 

 the concomitant ills resulting from it are 

 not unfrequently attended with the most 

 serious consequences. Horses for the very 

 severe and strong chases with Stag or Fox 

 should have both the blood and body regulated 

 to the liighest degree of purity aiid perfection ; 

 such system of information may be readily 

 acquired by proper attention to the necessary 

 inculcation and judicious observation, previ- 

 ous to the commencement of the season. 

 This fact, founded upon the criterion of 

 experience, naturally leads us into an inquiry 

 what those preparations are, and the necessity 

 for their introduction ; these we shall con- 

 sequently advert to, but not without an ob- 

 lique remembrance of, and reference to, those 

 Cynical cavilists who (apprehending no dan- 

 ger till they feel it) set physic at defiance ; and 



