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tlie blood in any state whatever ! That 

 *' blood drawn from a horse who is evi- 

 dently disordered, will sometimes have the 

 same appearance when cold, as that drawn 

 from a horse in health/' And hey presto! 

 VICE VERSA ! *■ On the other hand, blood 

 dra\vn from a horse in health will sometimes 

 have all the appearance of that drawn from 

 one labouring under the most dangerous dis- 

 ease/' All this Mr. Clarke may '' ?w£?5f/?o-. 

 tently believe,'' yet '' I hold it wrong to have 

 it thus set down /' it bears so great an affi* 

 nity to the a?nbiguous putting off oi Hamlet 

 to his inquisitive companions when he seri- 

 ously assures, 



^' There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all Denmark^ 

 " But he's an arrant knave/' 



However, that jarring opinions may be the 

 more easily reconciled, I will venture to 

 conclude for this very judicious and enlight-^ 

 ened writer, that he intended to have saidj, 

 or wished it to be understood, That the cases 

 in which the blood of diseased horses bore 

 the appearance of horses m Jiealth^ wer^ 



