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their ignorance. " For,'* fays he, in toto^ 

 *<^ furfeits arife from various caufes : but are 

 " commonly the effeds oi fome difeafes not 

 '^ attended to, or that have been ill cured." 

 Whether this can be called an elucidation, or 

 is entitled to the compliment of " multum in 

 " parvo^' I leave to the difcerning reader, 

 anxious for inftrudlion ; and gladly fubmit to 

 his impartial decifion alone, whether we are 

 not likely to derive greater gratification to our 

 inquiries from a more minute inveftigation. 



As the before mentioned writer has been 

 indulgingly concife^ another has been moft 

 tedioujly prolix y who, after taking a trip through 

 almoft every known difeafe, jeeling for the 

 eaule, plainly tells you, '' it may originate in 

 *^ ALL or ANY; but it moft commonly pro- 

 ** ceeds from a horfe's conftantly feeding till 

 *' he can feed no longer.'* We thank him 

 heartily for fuch very useful injormation -, 

 and proceed to our own part of the tafk, but 

 not without the neceffary compliment ot mak- 

 ing one obfervation upon his — That it is very 

 natural to fuppofe a horfe conftantly fupplied 

 with food, even to faticty, muft be fat, (at 

 |€afl in tolerable condition), whereas on the 

 ,1 4 contrary 



