4 The Farrier'^ New Guide. Chap. L 



Temperaments and Conftitutions of Horfes, to have Re- 

 courfe to Examination and Trial. 



After what has been faid as to Temperaments, I fhall 

 not trouble the Reader with thole confufed and unprofi- 

 table Speculations about Members, Powers, Anions, and 

 Operations, and the reft ot thofc they termed Naturals^ 

 but proceed to the Nonnaturals^ which, according to the 

 Ancients, were reckoned Six in Number, viz. Air, Meat 

 and Drink, Sleep and Watching, Motion and Reft, Things 

 excreted and retained, and the AfFedions or Motions of 

 the Mind, and were fuch as hurt by Neceffity; fo that 

 this Enumeration is more accurate, as applied to brute 

 Creatures, than to Man, who has the Ufe of his Reafon, 

 and may therefore avoid feverai of the Accidents proceed- 

 ing from them. 



Nonnaturals, Now thefe are faid to be profitable, or 



honv they profit, hurtful to all Creatures ; but our Bufinefs at 

 or become hurt- . this Time is only to take Notice of them in 

 ful' the latter Senfe. And firft, as to Air. 



The Air may be many times the Caufe of Difeafes; for 

 if that be too much rarified, it hurts the Blood's Circula- 

 tion, not being of fufficient Force to help it through the 

 Lungs ; whence its Motion becomes flow, and Perfpiration 

 decreafes, which leaves a Load upon the Veflels, and ren- 

 ders the Blood vifcid and tenacious. The fame EfFed alfo 

 happens from the Air's being too grofs, for then the Circu- 

 lation of the Blood is impeded in the Lungs, by its too great 

 Preflure and Weight upon them. 



Food may alfo become hurtful to Horfes, both as to its 

 Quantity and Quality ; for if that be mufty and raw, cor- 

 rupt and unclean, it muft breed Crudities, and thereby ren- 

 der the Chyle vifcid, which will of Neceflity retard the 

 Motion of the Blood ; and if it be of two hot and fpiri- 

 ■ tuous a Nature, it muft, on the contrary, render the Blood 

 too thin, and thereby increafe its Motion too much. Im- 

 moderate Feeding, be the Food never fo wholfome, efpe- 

 cially when the Horfe wants Exercife, muft vitiate the 

 Blood ; for in fuch a Cafe there is no Room given for Di- 

 geftion, fo that a great deal of Chyle muft enter into the 

 Mafs of Blood, before it has been thoroughly prepared in 

 the Stomach. The fame Effeds may be alfo produced; 

 from exceftive Drinking, efpecially of ftagnated Waters, oi 

 y/atcrs proceeding from fome Sort of Minerals. 



