EXERCISE. 209 



or lefs degree, fo foon as the repletion pro- 

 duces oppreffion, that the ftruggling efforts 

 of nature are unable to fubdue. 



Thefe unembellifl:ied fadis are too plain 

 and ftriking to require much time from the 

 WRITER, or patience from the reader, 

 for farther irlVeiligation or comprehen- 

 fion ; concluding, therefore, this part oi 

 the animal inechanifm is perfedly under- 

 ftood, I fhall proceed to an explanation 

 of the aBive caufes of fuch difolrders as 

 originate in impurities of the blood, occa- 

 fioned by want of motion and confequent 

 evacuation. 



It is therefore neceffary we take a furvcy 

 of a horfe brought from the liable in a 

 ftate of plenitude after temporary inadlivity, 

 when we find the body too full and over- 

 loaded to make his firft efforts with any 

 degree of cafe or pleafure ; every one not 

 totally abforbed in a ftate of ftupefadtion or 

 natural illiteracy, muft have obferved the 

 unremitting attempts and Jlrai?iings of the 

 animal to throw off the fuperfluous burthen 

 by repeated evacuations (b foon as brought 



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