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This circLimftance, of very little confe- 

 qiience in itfelf, is introduced to corrobo- 

 rate the affertion, that rowels are frequently 

 and injudicioufly brought into pracSlice, with- 

 out reafon in the operator, or reflection in 

 the owner ; who, generally alarmed upon 

 every flight occafion, feizes the flrfl: twig of 

 confolation, without giving the matter fuch 

 confideration as would enable him to recoi- 

 led: every probable remedy fliould have rea- 

 son for its foundation; upon tlie profpeoi of 

 which he would certainly be, in moft cafes, 

 as capable of deciding as his scientific 

 INSTRUCTOR. But what renders the reci- 

 tal of fo trivial a bufinefs applicable to our 

 prefent purpofe is, the expeditious cure that 

 muft inevitable have been attributed to the 

 ROWEL, with no fmall portion of colla- 

 teral merit to thofe ufeful auxiliaries, the 

 fulphur and 72itre, had they been (luckily for 

 the advifer) concerned in a work, that na- 

 ture would fo frequently perform by her 

 oUn efforts, if not inceflkntly counteTacfled 

 by thofe who neither comprehend* her ceco* 

 nomy, nor conddcend to confult her indi- 

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