INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 3 



ments and additions to the flock of veterinary 

 knowledge, mull of themfelves be confidered 

 as matter of novelty and intereft. Such are 

 the inducements, blended with the legitimate 

 expe6lation of that reward conferred by the 

 encouragement of his countrymen, which may 

 be fuppofed to call forth a new author in their 

 fervice ; as to his ability and fitnefs for the talk 

 he has undertaken, it becomes him to be fdent, 

 and patiently to fubmit his caufe to the impar- 

 tial judgment of the public. 



But it is neceffary, in compliance with eftab- 

 lifhed ufage, to fay a few words on the precife 

 nature and propofed condu6l of the enluing 

 Work. It is my ambition to write a general 

 hiftory of the Horfe, both in ficknefs and in 

 health ; to afford information in all points con- 

 cerning him, as far as my own obfervation and 

 practice (which have extended to mofl defcrip- 

 tions of this animal) and a diligent review of 

 the works of other authors, fhall bear me out. 

 An occafional adduclion of the fentiments of 

 other men, will at once enable me to do juflice 

 to their merits, confer an additional value on 

 my own book, and contribute to the fatisfac- 

 tion of fuch of my readers as may require other 

 authority, but do not poffefs fufficient leifure or 

 inclination for the trouble of farther recourfe. 



On the medical and chirurgical part of the 

 fubjecl: (not having the honor to belong to 



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