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palpable points, defedls, or difqualification^ 

 againft me in either horfe or mare ; and I 

 have not the leaft fhadow of doubt remain- 

 ing, but thofe who confidently make the ex- 

 periment will have fufficient reafon to repent 

 the hazard of the undertaking. 



Returning now to the fuccefsful foaling 

 of the brood mare, properly adapted to a con- 

 tinuation of breeding, we revert to the ac- 

 cuftomed method of foon taking her again to 

 horfe ; upon which a variety oi opinions have 

 been tranfmittcd from fire to fon, and re- 

 echoed from one generation to another. It 

 has been the invariable pradice with fome, 

 to offer the mare a horfe on the fourth day 

 after foaling, to infure ** tl\e greater chance 

 of immediate conception ;'' with others, *' to 

 promote an increafed flovv' of m.ilk ;" and an 

 cftabliilied opinion, '* that the horfe will be 

 more readily taken at that time than at any 

 future part of the feafon. 



Thefe are opinions in themfelves fo per- 

 fedly inoffenfive, and of fo little confe- 

 quence, that tliey require not the leaft ani- 



madverfion ; 



