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eighteen inches apart, which is caused by a fulness, 

 and continual uneasiness about the chest : the cavity 

 being too small to contain the lungs, &c. in then 

 enlarged situation with ease. 



The hind legs are free from the palsied appearance 

 of those before, and it is not difficult to Histinguisn it 

 from a common founder, as it is wanting in all its 

 symptoms, except the stiff and numbed appearance ol 

 the legs ' 



Large bleedings and half an ounce of aloes, given 

 internally in a ball, have sometimes afforded momen- 

 tary relief No effectual remedy has yet been dis- 

 covered. A horse labouring under this disease, is 

 worth but little more than his board, as he is unable to 

 bear fatigue, or undergo severe service. 



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NARROW HEELS, 



is a disease that often produces lameness without 

 the master of the horse knowing from what cause it 

 proceeds ; often examinmg his legs, cleaning his hoofs, 

 paring the frogs of his feet, &c. &c. without paying 

 any respect to the shape of the horse's heels, which 

 are always close together and unaturally shaped. 



A' horse with narrow heels is unfit to travel, as he 

 is tender footed, and goes cramped,' short, and is al- 

 ways subject to lameness, more o/ less. 



Narrow heels is the effect of shoes being permitted 

 to remain on a horse that is not used, ^ov tliree or loin 



