34 BLEEDING, 



fize, ftate, ftrength, and temperament of the 

 horfe, with due attention to the fiefli he may 

 have gained, or the impurities he may have 

 imbibed with his paflure. 



And here let me particularly caution the 

 operator and the owner againft \\\2Ci Jlonjenly ^ 

 infernal^ and contemptible (not to add danger- 

 ous) pradice of fufFering the blood to fall 

 indifcriminately, in refpedl to quantity and 

 quality, upon the ground or dungbilL This 

 felf-fufficient manner of 



BLEEDING 



the farrier always confiders a ftriking proof 

 of his confequence, and a never-failing mark 

 of his infallibility; but it never can be too 

 much difcouraged, and in fa6l ought by no 

 means to be countenanced, or indeed per- 

 mitted. If no particular plethora or fulnefs 

 appears, to render large evacuations neceflary, 

 three pints will prove fufficient for a flender or 

 delicate fubjecft; two quarts for the more ad- 

 vanced in ftrength or fize ; but from the ^qv^j 

 large and ftrong, or remarkably foul horfes, 



may 



