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CHAP. XXXIV. 



ON THE WIND. 



EIGHT years of age is about the time wliicK 

 a horse's wind begins to be affected, but horses 

 may become thick-winded before that time, 

 particularly if they i-icline to corpulence; for 

 the intestines and the inside of the horse being 

 fat, there is not space enough for them, which 

 causes them to press strongly forward upon 

 the midriff, and force it into the space allotted 

 for tlie lungs. The horse thus affected takes 

 in his wind very well, but it is discharged again 

 too quickly, for the reasons now mentioned. 

 Such horses ought to be fed on diet v/hich is 

 rather nourishing than fattening, and to be 

 kept in a middling condition, and not to be 

 put to v/ork immediately after feeding. 



Next to thick wind succeeds purslness, 

 which arises from colds, surfeits, unwhole- 

 some food, bad air, &c. w^hich cause internal 



