PREFACE 



In the commencement of the yeai- 1848, I pub- 

 lished a series of Letters on the Horse in the 

 columns of the Londonderry Standard, These 

 letters were thrown into a connected form in 

 1851, and some new matter, in the way of ex- 

 tracts from the writings of more recent authors, 

 having been added, they were published in a 

 separate volume in the year 1859. The favour- 

 able reception which this little work met with, 

 at the hands both of the advanced veterinarians 

 and the public, has induced me to issue a second, 

 enlarged, and improved edition. I may say, as 

 I said before, that the conciseness and simplicity 

 of this work must be its chief recommendation. 

 It is intentionally Avritten in that rough-and- 

 ready style, which has the immense advantage 

 of rendering the subject perfectly intelligible to 

 every class of the community. 



CoLEPvAiNE, Ireland, 

 Januo.Di \st. 1862. 



