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of fine horfes have been flaked to the burji^ 

 i?2g cautery that, with proper time in the field, 

 would Ijave been as certahily faved from the 

 Jieat of the iron. And it is no kfs aftonidiing 

 that, in the prefent age of equeftrlan fagacity 

 and penetration, few can be found whofe rea- 

 fon will fufBciently demonftrate the abfolute 

 neceffity of time and reft to reftore the tone 

 of a relaxed mufcle or tendon -, a fyftem of 

 knowledge as clear as any mechanical principle 

 that can be produced. When the horfe has 

 continued in the flable, under the treatment 

 here mentioned, for a fortnight, he fhould, if 

 in the winter, have his liberty in a large ftable 

 or barn where he will, by a natural attention 

 to his own eafe and fafety, (unlefs hurried, 

 driven, or difturbed, which (liould be pre- 

 vented) fufHciently guard the injured part. 

 On the contrary, if in the fummer he fhould 

 be turned into a paflure alone, and at a diftance 

 fiom other horfes, where he cannot, by their 

 neighings, be excited to any exertion of fpiric 

 or extravagance that may occafion a rclapfe. 

 But, in either cafe, if the enlargement of the 

 part (that generally attends) does not fubiidv^, 

 and the lamenefs bear vifible marks of amend- 

 ment, io fo;?n as may reafonably be expelled, 



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