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inquired into. But as it appears very little 

 amongft horfes of the firft or fecond clafs, ap- 

 propriated to either turf or field, and is con- 

 fined chiefly to thofe before defcribed, or fuch 

 as are unluckily deftined to a hard road, and a 

 harder mafter, fall in for a much greater pro- 

 portion of WORK than care: I avail myfelf 

 of this additional obfei vation to corroborate any 

 former aflTertion, or opinion — that this complaint 

 frequently originates much more in the ill hu" 

 moiirs of the groom than the horse 5 to which 

 the careleffnefs and inattention of the mafter 

 does not fometimes a little contribute. 



But as an ancient adage inftrudis us to be- 

 lieve "There is no rule without an exception," 

 jTo I am willing to admit the exception, and 

 allow that a vifcidity or tejiacity in the blood 

 may ^ngt:\ditvfGulneJs', and impurities may be 

 produced by omitting to correcfl and purify 

 acrimony on the one part, or ^Jluggifh cohejion 

 on the other. Colledions of matter may be 

 formed, and are undoubtedly the efforts of 

 NATURE to difturthen herfelf of the morbid 

 affection \ and fhe, moft wifely, makes thofe 

 eflForts as remote as pofiible from the vital prin- 

 ciple of adtion, and in the parts beft qualified 

 to bear the operation. 



H 4 Thus 



