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is evidently calculated to complete the mea- 

 fure of milery fo fully explained in our 

 laft chapter, particularly in the winter fea- 

 fon ; that it is nec^^ffarily a matter of pre- 

 vious coiifideration to fuch inftruftions as 

 ive may hereafter introduce under this head. 

 The poor animals I now allude to, feern 

 to exiil: as an almoft different fpecies to 

 thofe enjoying the inexpreffible advantages 

 of comitry air^ f^^^S ^^^^(^^f^^ ^^^ rural 

 management. Here you perceive all fpirit, 

 animation, and vigour, with both the horfes 

 and their attendants : in the metropolis, bo- 

 dily infirmities and debilitation with one ; 

 jcHenefs, decepiicn^ Jloih^ and deje^ion with 

 the othen In fadt, the caufes and cffeds 

 have been fo perfectly clear in the gantlet 

 of perfonal infpedion and pecuniary ex- 

 perience, when the prevalence of fafhion 

 (or rather felly) influenced pie to keep 

 t/wo in 'fitch fiuation^ that no inducement 

 whatever fhould prevail on me to leave 

 a horfe of the leail: value open to the in- 

 con veniencies of fuch ftate for twenty-four 

 hour.s ; pcrfedly convinced he would have 

 every probable chance of fuftaining greater 

 injuries than might be obliterated in twice 



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