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cfFedled ; to promote which the following 

 methods fhould be adopted : it is generally 

 perceptible when a marc is horftng, and it is 

 likewife univerfally know^n fne will then take 

 the horfe without farther trouble, mutual con- 

 fent therefore renders animadverfion unnecef- 

 fary; but fliould the mare, upon being brought 

 to the horfe, not make any Jhew^ on the 

 contrary, give proofs of denial by repeated 

 kicking and other violent exertions, let her 

 (after fuflicient trials) be taken away, and 

 fome addition be made to her keep ; give her 

 a fubftantial feed of good oats and a pint of 

 old beans twice a day, continuing to offer her 

 the horfe once in three days till a compliance 

 is effefted. 



After which it w411 be neceffary to offer 

 her the horfe at the expiration of eight days 

 (that is, on the ninth) from the day of her 

 having been covered ; if llie again take the 

 horfe (which is not at all uncommon) you 

 reckon from the lail time of covering, upon 

 a fuppofition no conception took place from 

 the firfl copulation, and that it is confequently 

 obliterated. On the contrary, fliould £he, 

 after repeated offers, perfeverc in rejedling the 



horfe, 



