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in common exercise, should never be per- 

 mitted to drink at all in sharp shalloxv streams^ 

 that run over a rusty gravel, or through a 

 black peaty soil ; they are equally harsh, and 

 seldom or never fail to have a severe effect 

 upon the intestinal canal, in producing fret 

 or colic in a greater or less degree, and set-* 

 ting the coat, by a sudden coUapsion of the 

 cutaneous pores, in a few minutes after 

 use. 



To enumerate the minutiae of manage- 

 ment, and brins][ it into a concise and single 

 point of view, I heartily (and upon experi- 

 mental proof of the advantage) recommend 

 every person upon a journey, whether long or 

 shorty who takes up his temporary residence 

 AT iNMvS, to make it his invariable rule to 

 SEE (by either himself or servant) that his 

 horses are dressed, fed, and watered ; their 

 heels washed, feet stopped, hoofs oiled, and 

 liis equipments, or apparatus, whether for 

 riding or driving, examined as to their safety, 

 every night or morning, if not at every stage ; 

 perhaps the latter may always prove the 

 most eligible for those who will compound, 

 ata verv trifling: de^Tee of additional trouble, 



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