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fubjeft under its diftindl head (and to which 

 the reader is referred), a few additional obfer- 

 vations become immediately applicable upon 

 a fubjed of fo much confequence, which can- 

 not be too clearly explained, or too perfectly 

 underftood. For fimcy obfervatio?2, and expe?^!- 

 encCy having fufficiently demonftrated how very 

 much the vifcidity of the blood is increafed by 

 coarfcy fully ^nd foul feeding, there need be no 

 hefitation in affirming the ftate of the Itmgs, 

 (or, in a more familiar phrafe, the ftate of the 

 wind)y to be more or lefs affeded by the lai'ge 

 ovfmall quantities of chaffs or grofs latter crop 

 of clover hay, confumed by thi^breed of horfes 

 during their conftant work 5 particularly in 

 farmers^ Ji able Sy where a great part of their ali- 

 ment confifts cf thofe articles with a fmall 

 proportion cf corn. Of chaff thus ufed and 

 intermixed with the corn, let it be underftood 

 there are different kinds, as the chd^S oi wheats 

 oatSy and a compound of hay and wheat draw 

 cut together; of all which it is hardly pofTible 

 to afcertain the mofl prejudicial. To thefc 

 the winter confumption of peas-haum and 

 barley-ftraw may be reckoned no inconfiderable 

 additions, the great quantity mafticated to 

 gratify the appetite, affording fo little nutri- 

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