174 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



out for a quarter of an hour, she was brought in and 

 dressed. In an hour she was shut up, having had 

 half a pail of tepid water, and her corn. 



It must be observed that the mare in question is 

 very forward in her condition, otherwise she would 

 not have dried so soon. It was only her second 

 sweat, but it ran off her like rain water. She was 

 soiled, at different times, in the summer, but never 

 lay out, and has had a course of alteratives since her 

 physic. 



