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bathed in the sea, and of acting upon them in 

 a variety of ways — although they are well — 

 through the restless desire of improving their 

 health and strength ; when, it may reasonably 

 be said, if men and horses are well, why en- 

 deavour to make them better? Such efforts 

 often terminate in their becoming worse. 



The sea-spray destroys the paint and varnish 

 of carriages, extends small cracks, rusts the 

 iron-work, and hardens the harness. 



Many people (in the vicinity of London par- 

 ticularly) having paddocks, or small patches of 

 grass convenient to their dwellings, are (as is 

 very natural) exceedingly gratified by turning 

 the horses out from the stable early in the 

 morning, to graze and exercise their limbs. 

 But this requires mature consideration, because 

 horses (not turned out for the season) going 

 immediately from the warm stable with their 

 pores open to the dewy grass too early in the 

 morning, are in great danger of having their 



