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portion of the jmtrlment neceiTary to his fupport, 

 but becomes poor, weak, dejecfed, and out of 

 condition. Cuftom has eftabliflied an ufeful 

 and expeditious extirpation, by the adual cau- 

 tery cv RED HOT IRON; and, though I am 

 110 advocate for fuchjf^'ry remedies, where they 

 can be avoided, yet this is a cure fo fpeedily 

 effeded by an expert operator , and the horfe's 

 fufFering is fo very trifling, that when a com- 

 parifon is drawn between the temporary in- 

 convenience, and the immediate advantage, 

 no hefitation can be made refpeding the ope- 

 ration. 



It is admitted, againft the operation, that the 

 LAM PAS appearing in young horfes the roof 

 conftantly continues to flatten and the teeth to 

 rife, confequently time alone may and confe- 

 quently would furmount the obftrudion; but 

 where they are very prominent, the poor ani- 

 mal muft patiently wait many months for a 

 good jjieal'y and will foon prove, by his emaci- 

 ated appearance, the applicable tranfpofition of 

 the ancient adage, that *' while the teeth grow 

 *' the STEED ftarves." 



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