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that, the horse is never here so firm footed, but that he 

 limps at every little degree of labour. 



OSSLETS. 



There are also three kinds of osslels, which are of 

 the same nature as splints, and some persons take them 

 for the same thing ; but there is this difference however 

 between them, that splints come near the knees, and oss- 

 lets near the fetlocks. Their seat is indifferently within 

 or without the leg. 



The first is the simple osslet, which does not grow 

 near the joint of the fetlock or the nerve. 



This need not hinder any man from buying a horse, 

 because it puts him to no inconvenience, and very often 

 goes away of itself without a remedy. The second is 

 that which descends into the fetlock, and hinders the 

 motion of that joint; this occasions a horse to stumble 

 and fall, and with a very little work to become lame. 

 The third has its seat between the bone and the nerve, 

 and sometimes upon the nerve ; it so much incommodes 

 a horsey that he cannot stand firm, but limps on every 

 little occasion. 



WINDGALLS. 



There are also three kinds of windgalls, which ap- 

 pear to the eye much like osslets, but are not, however, 

 just in the same places ; nor do they feel like them, for 

 osslets are hard, but windgalls give way to the touch. 

 Some horses are more liable to these than others, and 

 that for several reasons. Some proceed from old worn- 

 out sires, and others by being worked too young. A 

 simple windgall is a little tumour, between the skin and 



