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CHAP. XVIII. 

 Of Colds, or (ix^bat Farriers call) Morfoundring. 



TH E Word Morfondre in French fignlfies ColdMor- 

 UDon Heat, and therefore our Farriers retain ^^"ndring 

 the Terin, as Monileiir -SW/tv/'^// made Ufe of itexp^ain'd, 

 firll ; and would have us underlland by it, that it is 

 melted Greafe, or a Foundring in the Body, as De 

 Grey has it. But it is no other than this, to wit, 

 when a Horfe has been rid Jiard, and heated, and 

 GooL too fuddcnly, fo that the Pores of his Hide 

 are conftipated or fhut in a halty Manner, infomuch 

 that the Materia Perfpiruhilis is hinder'd from going 

 off in the ufual Courfe. Therefore as the Lungs 

 and Brain of Animals are, from their very Contex- 

 ture or Make, mod fufceptible of Impreffion, the 

 Enemy is fixed fometim.es upon the one, fometimes 

 upon the other of thefe fo noble Parts of the Body. 



Mr. Gib/on fays, that Cold or Morfowndring is 

 a Stagnation of the Pores j but this Gentleman fure- 

 h- has not rightly underftood what is meant by the 

 'Ferm. Indeed if he had faid that Cold is occafion'd 

 by the perfpirable Matter's ( which fhould have gone 

 off by the Pores of the Skin) ftagnating in the Bo- 

 dy, I fhould have agreed with liim : But his next 

 Remark makes fufHcient Amends for this Millake, 

 when he fays, *' that Colds are often occafion'd 

 " thro' Negleft of Rubbing ciF the Sweat after 

 ** hard Exercife, which ftrikes a Chillinefs and 

 ^^ Damp over the whole Body. " 



This is a very juil Obfervation ; and he who will 

 not lend a helping Hand to rub a Florfe clean and 

 dry, and death him up after he has rid him hard, 

 in my Thoughts, deferves to trudge on Foot rather 

 than ever m^ount this ufeful Creature. But fuch un- 

 thinking and carelefs Men there are, and flill I be- 

 lieve will be, who can ride a poor dumb Creature 

 moll unmercifully for twenty or thirty, nay, fome- 

 H 3 time* 



