90 BREEDING. 



tingencies before-mentioned may render it 

 unavoidably neceiTary in the earlieft month of 

 the winter, or protrad: it to the lateft in the 

 fpring; which muft, after all that can be 

 offered in print, depend entirely upon the 

 difcretion and intereft of the parties more 

 immediately concerned. 



Waving, for thofe reafons, farther ani- 

 madverfion refpedling the tiinc^ we advert to 

 the manner of effeding a change, fometimes 

 attended with difficulty, but feldom or never 

 with danger, particularly when regulated by 

 due attention to circimjfanccs, feafon, Jiate^ 

 and condition ; confiderations that never ef- 

 cape the eye of vigilance, and generally en- 

 fure their own reward. Towards the con- 

 clufion of the year, the foal acquires, by in- 

 ftind and obfervation, fome reliili for paf- 

 ture, but unluckily begins to enjoy it juft at 

 its autumnal declination, when long dreary 

 nights, damp fogs, and frequent rains have 

 fucceeded the enlivening rrys of the genial 

 fuu, depriving it of its former fubftance 

 and vernal fweetnefs ; at this critical pe- 

 riod all nature undergoes a vifible alteration, 



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