300 HUNTERS. 



tliose very few in which the state of the blood 

 is not symptomatically affected by the disease; 

 2isjlatiilent ov inflammatory colic ^ strangury, and 

 worms. But the better to exculpate myself 

 from the accusation or even unjust suspicion 

 of indulging the shadow of inclination to 

 arraign the authority or sport with the 

 judgment I so very much respect ; let us cha- 

 ritably adopt all ALTEi^NATiVE, aiid sup- 

 pose, what is not only possible but probable y 

 that as the horses in that country differ so 

 very materially from ours, (as those can tes- 

 tify who have visited the spot, and recollect 

 their appearance) why may not the fluids 

 partake of the contrast ? and their properties 

 not being so easily or accurately analysed as 

 in the more fertile regions of the south, the 

 line of distinction we may naturally conclude 

 is circumscribed by the vermicular boundary 

 of the Tweed, constituting^ other diversities of 

 equal admiration. 



From this digression, so unavoidably ne- 

 cessary to justify my former recommenda- 

 tion of Bleeding, under proper restric- 

 tions, we return to the consideration of 



