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tome to the ftable, is more the duty of others 

 to confider than me to point out. 



Contrading therefore all the attending con- 

 fiderations into one point of view, I (hall 

 openly and fairly enter my opinion againft 

 the operation of trepmining^ fo plaufibly held 

 forth with all its fpecious advantages. For 

 what does the whole amount to more than 

 this ?— If the horfe fliould abfolutely recover, 

 and (what is ftill naore unlikely) become ade- 

 quate to the very purpofes he was deftined to 

 before the attack ^ when the long ilinefs^ /up- 

 prty attendance^ 2it\A farrier s bill^ are balanced 

 againfthis valu£, he muft be a mod excellent 

 horfe, and very much above the line of me- 

 diocrity, to have the credit accompt in his fa- 

 vour. In fad:, the moft probable conjedure 

 is, his inevitable diffolution^ but, fhould he 

 miraculoufly efcape from both the diftemper 

 and operator, ranking under the denomination 

 o{ a cured horfe y he may, perhaps, h^the?! qua-- 

 lijied to linger out a wretched exiftence in fome 

 parkor pafture, but never enabled to encounter 

 labour or fatigue, 



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