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k fhews either a lick Spleen, moift Teliow, ChoUcl, BotSy or Film broken \ 

 if he be not able to rife when he is down, then either mortal IVeahnefsj or 

 Foundrlng m the Body or Legs. 



To be troubled with much Wind, is a iign either of grief in the Spleen, 

 or iofs of much Blood. 



If a Horfe forfake his Meat, it is a fign either of a Fever, Head-ach, 

 Strangles, Staggers, Gonfumption, or dry Malady, Anticor, Foundring 

 in the Body, a hot and confumed Liver, moift Tellows, Chollck, or the 

 tVorms'^ but if when he forfakes his Prow/z^^fr, he doth as it were chavel 

 or chaw a little Hay, and in his chawing doth make a certain iharp Noife 

 in his Mouth, as if his Tongue could not well part from the Roof with- 

 out a kind of chanklng, it is then a certain fign that the Horfe is troubled 

 with the falling of the Palate of the Mouth, a Difeafe which only com- 

 eth by overmuch Travelling, or too fore a Burthen. 



If a Horfe defire to eat much and drink 1 ittle, it is a fign of a cold. 

 Liver ^ but if he defire to drink much, and eat little, it is then a fign 

 either of a Fever, rotten Lungs, heat in the Stomach, heat in the Liver^ 

 or the dry Tellows. 



If a Horfe both eat and drink with an extrardinary greedinefs, it is a 

 fign of rotten Lungs, or a difealed Spleen. 



Lazy, heavy going, contrary to true Nature, is a Iign either of a Fever, 

 Sick Spleen, Tellows, or elfe Obfl-ruEHons of the Liver. 



If a Horfe ftrike with hi*^ Foot at his Belly, it is a fign of the Cholick^ 

 but if when heftriketh, he Fisks with hisTail alfb, then it is either Bots or 

 rough Worms. 



If a Horfe be Scabby and Vlcerous all over his Body, and about his Neck, 

 it is a fign of the Mangy. If it be an Vlcer full of Knots creeping along 

 ^ Fein, it is the Farcy: If fpreading abroad only in one Place, it is a 

 Canker : If the Ulcer be hollow and crooked, it is a Fifiula : But if it be 

 a fpungv Wart, full of Blood, it is then an Anbury. 



If a Horfe's Tonge hang out, and be fwollen, it is a fign of the 

 Strangle. 



To conclude, if a Horfe in Health beat fhort, thick and faft in the 

 Flank, it is a fign of Sicbiefs in the Lungs and Lights, which we call Bro- 

 hn-voinded, with a World of other fuch like figns and tokens, as fhall be 

 more amply declared in every particular Chapter. 



C H A H. XIII.. General Obfervations in the Phyf cling of Horfes. 



AFter you c«n by thefe Signs and Chara^ers, judge and approve ei'- 

 ther the Health or Sicknefs of a Horfe, it is then necelfary that ■ 

 you learn fome General Rides and Obfervi^tions which belong to the Phy- 

 ficking of a Horfe ^ lefi that either by your Rajhnefs^ Vmkilfulnefs, or Vn- ^ 



D 2 cUannefs, 



