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out of the stable with the stomach and hi- 

 testines expanded with food and excrement, 

 he cannot encounter rapid exertion with- 

 out much difficulty and temporary inconve- 

 nience, till the intestinal accumulation is con- 

 siderably reduced and carried off by repeated 

 evacuations ; the work of digestion should 

 also be gradually effected to relieve the sto- 

 mach, and take from the pressure that must 

 inevitably fall upon the lobes of the lungs, 

 (restraining ther natural elasticity) under 

 wiiich the horse must move with a load of 

 disquietude till such weight is progressively 

 removed. 



The certainty of this fact every reader of 

 no more than common sagacity will discover, 

 without further information from me ; when 

 I refer him to his recollection, for the great 

 difficulty a horse encounters, when put into 

 HASTY ACTION, after receiving his portion 

 of food and rvater, either at morning, noon, 

 of night. From this remark directly branches 

 another, equally worthy the consideration 

 of travellers ; that is, the almost universal 

 absurdity of giving, or rather orderingy 

 their horses a pail of cold water (usually 



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