298 HUNTERS, 



induced to repeat the very words ; as directly 

 conducive to the support of an assertion fre- 

 quently brought forward, the great ad- 

 vantage of discovering the true state of the 

 blood," 



The reasons are not only exteedingly ob- 

 vious, but liave been in their respective parts 

 so minutely explained, that there is barely 

 room to urge the propriety and enforce the 

 utihty of what ought to be laid doM^n as 

 the almost fundamental rule of physical rec- 

 tification ; and, however abstruse such rea- 

 soning may appear to the unscientific and 

 superficial part of the Vulcanian fraternity 

 denominated Farriers, I hesitate not a 

 moment to aflSrm, there are very many cases, 

 in which I should be professionally induced 

 to regulate the physic in both quantify and 

 quality, by appearances accurately drawn 

 from the state of the blood only. 



What! (says the surprized and divided 

 reader) when His Majesty's Farrier for Scot- 

 land has confidently assured us, and under 

 the honourable sanction of royal appoint- 

 ment, that no discovery can be made from 



