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fed State, they are rendered more liable to Dif- 

 eafes ; and when thefe happen, they fufe and melt 

 the Blood, or purify it from its Vifcidities or groffer 

 Parts, by fome proper Oat-lets or Difcharges, which 

 are anfwerable to thofe by which the Small-Pox are 

 thrown out and difcharged in human Bodies. But 

 as the Small-Pox breaks out in little Puftules, or 

 Bladders full of Matter all over the Skin, wherefa- 

 ever the VefTels are fmaileft, and where the Blood 

 is moft'apt to ftagnate or flop; yet becaufe the 

 Blood- Veffels in Horfes are confiderably flronger 

 •and thicker than in our Bodies, therefore thefe Im- 

 purities cannot be fo readily difcharged in the Man- 

 ner aforefaid, but break out in Boils and Swellings 

 in the Neck, iffc. And I hope this Account may 

 fatisfy every impartial Reader, why Colts are mod 

 ■fubje'ft to the Strangles, and other Impollamations, 

 than thofe Horfes which are arrived at a more ma- 

 ture State. 



I would be underftood under this Head, that 

 moil Colts (though not all) have the Strangles be- 

 fore they arrive at fix Years of Age ; yet, I will 

 not fay but the Diftemper may be fooner or later 

 brought on by Colds, or other Mifmanagement in 

 keeping : And I muft own, that although I have 

 bred feveral Colts myfelf, yet not one, to my Re- 

 membrance, ever had the Strangles ; and thi'; I at- 

 tributed moftly to their being kept warm in Winter 

 with good Meat, ^c. And though this Theory 

 feems to contradift what I jufl: now advanced, 'vi^. 

 that the Diftemper called the Strangles feems im- 

 planted in the very Nature of Horfes, yet I ima- 

 gine the Seeds of it do not always meet with a pro- 

 per Nidus, fo as to propagate the Strangles, till 

 fach Time as the }'Oung Horfe has contrafted (what 

 we call) Colds, or, in better EngliJ}.\ till fuch Time 

 as by the Conftipation, or fhutting up of the Pores 

 by the Violentnefs of the Seafons, infomuch that 

 the requifite Perfpiration is impeded, and proper 

 Ferment produced, which brings forth the Diftem- 

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