158 WOUNDS. 



noble parts neceffary to the power of refledt- 

 ing, can form no idea of the flrength of the 

 animal theybeftride; but each concluding his 

 fteed aPegafus, formed of a fubftantial material 

 called labour everlajling^ and gifted with perpe- 

 tual motion, they continue to ride or drive the 

 opprefled objedl till Nature being (after a thou- 

 fand fpirited exertions) at length quite exhauft- 

 ed, can move no farther. And I am convinced 

 it requires no imcommon /hare of penetration, 

 at lead no magical affiftance from Breslaw, 

 or his cotemporaries, to difcover fo great a 

 palpability as that all things certainly fall when, 

 being deprived of fupport, they can ftand no 

 longer. From thi^ trifling digreffion 1 infer 

 (and enforce my opinion) that more horfes are 

 thrown down and irremediably injured by the 

 careleffnefs and fhameful inattention of bad 

 riders on bad roads, and over rolling ftones, or 

 when they are more cruelly exhaufted with 

 labour and fatigue, than by any other means 

 in the whole lift of accidents. 



From what caufe foever this misfortune may 

 arife, the firji Jlep to relief will be ftill 

 the fame Wafli the parts well with a fponge 

 and warm water, thoroughly cleanfing the 



wounds 



