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feqiiently laid under by the ufual purging me- 

 dicines ; and the lead doubt need not be enter- 

 tained but fuch feafonable adminiftration will 

 obliterate the foundation of much dlfq^uietude 

 and trouble. 



The laft fubjedl we (hall enlarge upon of 

 this kind is very frequently both dangerous and 

 alarming, being in general caufed more by the 

 inexperience or indifcretion of boys^ negled of 

 fervants^ or want of knowledge in the majle}\ 

 than any other complaint in the long lift of dif- 

 eafes to which the horfe is incident. Experience 

 and accurate obfervation fully juftifies the declar- 

 ation that nineteen out of every twenty attacked 

 with the flatulent cholic, ovfrety become (b 

 from the previous and uncertain quantity of 

 water inconfiderately given, or permitted to be 

 taken, either when they are exceedingly hot 

 and the blood in the ftate of increafed circula- 

 tion, or after being kept a confiderable time in 

 extreme third; when, in either cafe, it is ge- 

 nerally known they will fwallow very large 

 quantities with the greateft avidity. And it 

 may not be confidered inapplicable to obferve, 

 that, iince the former editions of this w^ork ap- 

 peared in public, I have been twice requefted 

 D d 4 to 



