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State I apprehend him to be when he is Hide-bound. 

 And when the Hay is bad, and the Owner fo 

 like his Horfe that he is Hide-bound too, ftinting 

 him of his proper and neceffary Allowance of Oats, 

 Hitk-lw.^.na &c. For, when the Soul and Silver of the Owner 

 Mailers are fo nearly related, that he can ride his Horfe 

 i^iii^e Y^^Yd, and keep him low at the fame Time, 'tis 



Bor!es ^'"^^^^ the Diftemper is communicated, and that the 

 Horfe becomes Hide-bound and poor-fpirited like 

 his Mailer. However, the Cure of the firft may 

 be performed by changing the Failure ; but 'tis 

 much to be feared the Latter will continue Hide- 

 bound, let him be removed into whatfoever Region 

 or Climate. 



There is one very good Obfervation in Mr. Gib- 

 fin's Farriery, relating to the Management of Dea- 

 lers in Horfes, as they are call'd. 



This Author, after having in a proper Manner 

 told the Reader how a lean Horfe is to be managed, 

 and that when fuch Horfe happens to be fatned too 

 fuddenly, he becomes jadiih, broken-winded, Lame, 

 or lofe's his Eye-fight ; he then proceeds thus ; 

 «* For while the main Study of thofe Perfons ( mean- 

 *' ing the Deakrs in Horfes ) is only to make them 

 " fat r.ud plump, they foften all their Food, that 

 ** it may digeil foon, and turn the fooner to Bloody 

 *< and allow them no manner of Exercife ; being 

 " fenfxble that any fuch Method would foon turn 

 ** to their own Detriment." 



Now, what Mr. Gih/on means by fw Manner of 

 Exercife, muil be conilru'd, that he allows them 

 not Exercife fulhcient or proper to put them in a 

 Condition for a Gentleman's riding. 

 >loft- Peo- Indeed, I mull cbnfefs this is often the Cafe ; 

 pie ii-e and pn^y, where's the Cheat any more than m 

 jocktys in other Adions of our Lives ? Do not all the World 

 their ^'^y-ftrive to ihew their Goods, l^c, to the bell Ad- 

 vantage ? Are not we all in Mafquerade, from the 

 meereil Cobler, who trims up and policies his 

 Work,, even to the highcil Statefman, who in Imi- 



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