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Water wherein fome Alum has been diffolved. And 

 it may not be amifs every Day at Noon to take cfF 

 the Saddle, and cool his Back by only throwing a 

 fingle woollen Cloth upon it. Nor is there much 

 Fear of catching Cold from thefe Praftices, if the 

 Rider only confider the Seafon, and cover the 

 Horfe's Back more or lefs accordingly, while the 

 Saddle is off: For if we confider the Thing rightly,. 

 we muft know that it is the Motion and Heat of the 

 Saddle which caufes a Kind of Bliftering upon the 

 Horfe's Back. And tho* it may be imagined, by 

 fome fhort - fighted Folks, that a large Saddle is too 

 hot, and will fooner gall a Horfe than a fmall one, 

 which ( to them ) feems much cooler j yet 'tis 

 plainly the contrary, and every Day*s Experience 

 fhevvs, that large Saddles are not only eaner, and in 

 Reality cooler to Horfes Backs, as well as much 

 more eafy and fafe to all Men who are not accuf- 

 tomed to top a iive-barM Gate, than the fmall 

 Sort can pofTibly be. And if, inflead of the Follies 

 and Fopperies of a certain neighbouring Nation, 

 we imitated them, in their Way of faddling Horfes 

 only, we fhould not be fo defervedly laugh'd at, as 

 Sc'Ach Car- I'm afraid we are. I could farther enlarge upon 

 ^vT''^ T?^ ^^^^ Point, and ihew the Scotch Carriers Cunning, 

 les^without ®^ I'^^her Dexterity, in faddling their Horfes, and 

 Pack Sai- making them carry much heavier Packs without, 

 die. than our Carriers can with Saddles : But I hope 



vi^hat I have faid is enough to convince any reafon- 

 able Man, that a large Saddle is eafier and more 

 convenient than a fmall one both for Man and 

 Horfe. Permit me now to proceed to the Cure of 

 a fore Back from a Crufh with the Saddle. 



If the Saddle be altered in due Time, I mean be- 

 fore the Blood VefTels, Isjc. are ill crulhed, the beft 

 Application muft be camphorated Spirit of Wine ; 

 but lefl the Apothecaries you get it from fhould 

 have a Spice of the K— e in them, when Camphire 

 happens to be dear, you fhould buy the Spirit of 

 Winfi and it feparate, and then you are idX^. There- 

 fore 



