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nie never of such dangerous consequences as 

 disease arising from internal inflammation. 



In attacks of internal inflammation, a general 

 cloudiness of the eye takes place, but most 

 frequently without external swelling, or flow- 

 ing of the tears. The pupil, or sight, is much 

 contracted, even in a dark situation, and the 

 animal becomes shy and startlish from seeing 

 objects imperfectly. 



This disease comes on independently of ex- 

 ternal injury, and is seldom thoroughly cured. 

 A horse, therefore, labouring under this defect, 

 cannot be considered as sound. 



There is another description of imperfect 

 eyes, known by the name of moon eyes, or 

 buck eyes. This name, probably, originated 

 from some peculiar influence which the Moon 

 WcLS supposed to have upon them, as the in- 

 flammatory attacks are generally periodical. 

 In this case the eyes are usually smaller than 

 the common size, and their outward appearance 

 is of a blueish gray colour. The smallness of 

 the eyes, however, ought not alone to be con- 

 sidered as rendering a horse unsound ; for at 

 least one-fourth of the horses in the kingdom 

 are formed w^itli naturally small eyes. Except, 

 therefore, they are affected with disease at the 

 time of sale, they ought to be deemed equally 

 .sound as horses with larger eyes. Neverthe- 



