I ao ^he Art 0/ Fa r r i e r y 



A Horle I muft not quit this Subje£l without acquainting 



be'^rid o"n a ^^^ ^^^^^'^ that if he be obliged to ride in a datk 



dark Night N^g^t» nothing can be worfe than mounting his 



out of a Horfe out of a Stable where there are Candles burn- 



lig^V: ing i and it is the fame with thofe Horfes, which 



Scable. ^^^ ^.j^g Shame of their Mafters be it fpoken) are 



often hung or tied at the Door, 'till fuch Time as 



the Owner condefcends to mount : For, (as I jull 



now hinted,) no Light, or as little as poffible fhould 



come near a Horfe for fome Time before he is rid, 



if the Night be dark ; feeing it dulls or confounds 



his Eye-Sight for fome Time at firft fetting out, in 



which Space his Mafter may very likely repent it, 



and curfe the poor Beail for ftum.bling, when he 



himfelf was the Defaulter. 



CHAP. xni. 



Of Difeafes of the Eyes in General. 



Horfesmore TTO R S E S are exceedingly fubjeft to Difeafes 

 DifeaSs^of ^~1 °^^^^ ^>'^^' ^^ Reafon they are obliged to 

 the Eyes ftoop or hold down their Heads ( one half of their 

 than Men, time) in Order to come at their Food, fo that the 

 and why. . Blood- Veifels in the Head are all that time more 

 upon the Stretch, than they can be fuppofed when 

 a Creature has the Head ere6l. 



It is not to be imagined with the Vulgar Part of 

 Mankind, (tvho ha^oe tio other Way of account ijxg for 

 Nature* s Operations than from Appearances,) I fay, 

 we muft not fuppofe that Humours fall down upon 

 a Horfe's Eyes, becaufe he often holds down his 

 Head for a confirfierable Time together, when he is 

 \ at Grafs; no, the Reafon is becaufe the Blood's 



Circulation, in the Veins about the Neck and 

 Head, is in fome Meafure impeded or hindered, 

 and this, by Reafon of the Blood in the Neck- 

 Veins, being in almoft a perpendicular Situation, 

 when his Head is down ; fo that the impelling 



Force 



