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eating his oats, and even his hay, when it is too harsh ; 



though he can very well manage bran, grass, or kind 

 hay. The lampas causes a horse to look rueful and fall 

 away. 



When you have looked into the horse's mouth, with- 

 out finding either the lampas or the barbs, turn up his 

 lips both upper and under, and perhaps you may find 

 what are termed giggs, consisting of small swellings or 

 pustules on the inside of the lips, which will sometimes 

 increase to the size of a large walnut, at which advanced 

 state they are so painful that the horse will let his meat 

 fall out of his mouth, or keep it there unchewed, sooner 

 than attempt lo eat it. This defect may be felt with the 

 finger, and is what hinders horses from eating as usual ; 

 and this is what is called giggs upon the lips. 



Gagg-teeth does not often happen to young horses, 

 though sometimes it is met with ; and is to be discovered 

 by putting the colt's-foot into the mouth, and looking at 

 the large grinders, which in this case appear unequal, 

 and in eating catch hold of the inside of the cheeks, 

 causing great pain and making them refuse their food. 



THE BREAST. 



The breast of a horse should be full and large, and 

 you should look from his head down to his breast, and 

 see that it be broad, outswelling, and adorned with many 

 features, for this shows strength : the little, or small 

 breast shows weakness, as the narrow one is apt to 

 stumble. 



THE ANTICOR, OR ANTICOW. 



This is a malignant swelling in the throat and breast 



