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evinced from the aptitude of their being afflicted witn 

 grease, fever, &c., and hence arise indigestion and 

 costiveness ; also when confined to the stable, where 

 they are regularly fed, and must be subject at times to 

 breathe foul air arising from the dung and urine even 

 where the groom may be most attentive. Exercise, 

 on the other hand, assists and promotes a free circu- 

 lation of the blood, enlarges the sinews and muscles, 

 creates an appetite, and improves the wind ; thus in- 

 vigorating the system entirely, and the horse is more 

 capable of serving us both in point of utility and plea- 

 sure. Nothing could be expected of a horse which 

 has not been habituated to a sufficient daily exercise. 

 While such as have been well managed, fed, and exer- 

 cised, are not only capable of undergoing occasionally 

 great exertion and fatigue, but have hkewise performed 

 those wonders in the field for which the English race- 

 horse and hunter are so famed. 



ON THE DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



Disease is that state when a portion or the whole of 

 the body becomes affected, and the functions are en- 

 tirely altered or are performed with pain and difficulty : 

 sometimes one particular organ or function may be- 

 come diseased, at other times they may all be affected ; 

 sometimes only a part, at other times several parts. 

 Hence diseases consist of simple and complicated. The 

 causes of disease are three ; — first, the proximate causes, 

 or the morbid condition itself; secondly, the remote 

 causes, which may be either predisposing or occasional. 

 Next to heat and cold, the influence of food and dunk, 



