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will the bowels be maintained soluble — a state of them 

 which will indispose the body to feverishness and inflam- 

 mation. Keep the stable of the young horse well swept and 

 clean ; and, above all, cool and free from contaminated or 

 pent-up air. This will be eff'ected by contriving free and 

 open ventilation. But in keeping the stable cool, say from 

 50° to 55" Fah., let the temperature not descend below 

 this mark, since that would render the stable absolutely 

 cold ; which, though not prejudicial to the horse like con- 

 fined heat, particularly when impure as well, is still un- 

 congenial to him, when he comes to be fastened up all 

 day long, motionless, in his habitation. The young horse, 

 coming from a situation where he partook of water ad 

 libitum, ought to have water frequently ofifered him — three 

 times a- day at least ; or, what would be better still, to have 

 water standing by him. I think most highly of stables and 

 boxes which are fitted up with mangers having water-tanks 

 in them, in which water is always standing ready for use. 

 Exercise, at a walking pace, twice a-day, for half an hour at a 

 time, or double that space of time should the horse not be too 

 weakly for it, and especially should he need it from swelling 

 in the legs from standing, is also required for his health. 



A watchful and experienced eye in the superintendence 

 of young horses will much conduce to their welfare, by taking 

 warning in time against any malady that may seem about be- 

 setting them. An old remark of a colonel of mine, who took 

 much pleasure in going round the stables containing the 

 young horses, was, whenever he eyed one looking much better 

 in condition — more glossy and sleeker in his coat than the 

 others, and in better spirits — '' such a horse will not be 

 long before he comes into the veterinary surgeon^s hands." 

 The moment any one of them is found to be out of spirits, 

 dull and dejected, hanging his head under the manger, 

 refusing in part or in toto his food, coughing occasionally, 

 &c., that moment let the animal be removed from his stable 

 into, if possible, a loose airy box, where mashes will for a 

 time constitute his sole diet, and where water will be placed 

 at his discretion. Should he not have been in the habit of 



