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with another ; it muft be candidly acknow- 

 leged, that inftances frequently occur, where 

 horfes, perfedlly clean, healthy, and without 

 any vifible caufe to fufped: foulnefs in the 

 body, or impurity in the blood, have, by 

 proper attention to ftable management, good 

 feeding and regular exercife, been brought 

 into the field in no degraded condition, and 

 gone through the feafon with a moderate de- 

 gree of perfediion. Though this fhould not 

 be attempted till an attentive obfervation to 

 the ftate of the coaty eyes, legs, heels, the 

 wind m brufhing gallops, and the quality or 

 appearance of the perfpirative matter in the 

 a(5t of tranfpiration, may juftify a reliance 

 upon the faith of experiments; as latent 

 impurities, or grofs vificidities may remain 

 dormant in the conftitution, till roufed into 

 adlion by efFefts too numerous and exten five 

 to admit of reiterated explanation, without 

 deviating too largely from the fubjed: it is 

 our prefent purpofe to purfue. 



Having introduced remarks that were un- 

 avoidable to demonftrate the confiftency of 

 carrying off fuch fuperflux as may confti- 



tute 



