ROAD HORSES. S51 



tion of ROAD HORSES are so exceedingly nu-^ 

 merous of the different kinds, that a distinct 

 mode of treatment for each particular sort 

 would be extending the subject to a length 

 beyond the wish and expectation of every 

 reader. Such selection may therefore be 

 made from the general advice, as the inquirer 

 may find most applicable to the state of his 

 horse and the purpose of his appropriation ; 

 though the instructions may be considered 

 as more consistently adapted to saddle and 

 light carriage horses, than those employed in 

 heavy machines) road waggons, and the infe- 

 rior vehicles in constant use. 



Previous to further embarkation upon that 

 part of the subject, it may not prove inap- 

 plicable to take an oblique survey of those 

 public receptacles known by the appellation 

 of inns) originally intended and admirably 

 calculated for the convenience and accommo- 

 dation of travellers, but unfortunately, like 

 many other institutions of general utihty, 

 perverted t© the worst of purposes ,- having 

 become so numerous (for the advantage of 

 theii: LICENSED contribution to government) 

 that they find it convenient to practise every 



