BREEDING. 3 



deavour to contradt into one regular and 

 uniform point of view, with as little refe- 

 rence to, or animadverfion upon others, as 

 the nature of fuch publication will admit. 



So much has been faid upon the origin, 

 inveftigation, and cure of difeafe, in our for- 

 mer volume of T^he Stable Dire^ory, that 

 we fliall advert as little as poffible to medi- 

 cal confiderations, unlefs where from new 

 occafions, or recent difcoveries, they be- 

 come intimately and unavoidably connedled 

 with the fubjed: under difcuffion, as wdll 

 probably prove the cafe with fome few 

 heads, before we arrive at the goal of our 

 undertaking. 



Breeding, though a fubjeft of palpable 

 importance to the improvement of this moft 

 ufeful animal, feems to have received lefs 

 affiftance from literary exertion than any 

 other that has ever attracted the time or 

 attention of thofe naturalifts, who have in 

 other refpects contributed largely to the 

 advantage and entertainment of the public. 

 This affertion, generally confidered, has one 

 ilriking exception in the peculiar and con- 

 B z ftantly 



