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seven or eight miles an hour. If the weather be never 

 so warm, take him into a well-sheltered place to 

 scrape him, so as not to expose him to a stream of 

 air : for this being his moulting season, his skin will 

 be very susceptible of cold — more particularly so if 

 he is at the same time taking the emetic tartar, or 

 any other alterative. When nearly dry — which, if 

 he has been treated as I recommend in the summer, 

 he will soon be — put a dry hood and other dry clothes 

 upon him ; let him walk ^ quietly for twenty minutes 

 or half an hour, when he will be in good order for 

 dressing. The curry-comb, with blunt bars to it, 

 and the hay wisp are the only implements to be used 

 in dressing him, as he will part with his dust suffi- 

 ciently for present condition in his sweats. Let him 

 have his water tepid, and be shut up for six hours 

 without being disturbed. 



The plan I have laid down will greatly tend to 

 promote the condition of a horse by unloading the 

 vessels, purifying the blood, increasing his muscle, 

 and setting him quite free in his body — the proof of 

 which will very shortly shew itself in the shining and 

 healthful appearance of his skin, and the increased 

 liveliness of his spirits. It will also secure him from 

 the risk of inflammatory complaints, by diminishing 

 the disposition to plethora, which must naturally 

 arise from eating the quantity of corn (unassisted by 

 such evacuation) which hunters should now be allowed 



^ The pace, after sweating a hunter at this time of the year, must 

 be regulated by the temperature of the air. Walking will generally 

 do, but the circulation must be kept alive till he is in his stable. 



