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and cattle in hot weather in this country. During 

 a hot day of July, when the sun was at its height, I 

 walked down to one of my meadows, in which there 

 were a brood mare, two two-year-olds, and two 

 yearling colts. There was water — a running brook — in 

 the meadow, and there was also plenty of shade. But 

 where did I find these suffering animals ? Did I find 

 them in the shade, sub tegmine fagi ? No ; the 

 cestrus was there. Did I find them in the water ? 

 No ; the blood-suckers were there also. I found 

 them crowded together in the middle of the field ; 

 at one time rubbing each other's heads together to 

 get rid of the smaller flies from their ears and eyes — 

 the latter highly inflamed ; then stamping their feet 

 with violence against the ground ; then walking a 

 sort of figure not very unlike that of a modem quad- 

 rille ; and lastly — all patience under their suffering 

 being exhausted — galloping from one end of the field 

 to the other as hard as their legs could carry them. 

 And this is what some choose to call rest. 



Hitherto I have treated chiefly of the condition of 

 the hunter in health, so shall now proceed to enumerate 

 and refer to some of the principal diseases commonly 

 affecting hunters and other horses. 



Vertigo, or Megrims. Curb. Humours, Local and 



Broken Wind. Coat and Clipping. General. 



Bangs and Blows. Cutting. Lampas. 



Broken Knees. Crib-biters. Lungs, Inflamed. 



Blisters. Capped Hocks. Legs, Big. 



Bowels, Inflamed. Docking. Unnerving. 



Bleeding. Foot-lameness and Physic. 



Blindness. Shoeing. Roaring. 



Corns. Firing. Ring-bone. 



