l6 INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



by exclamations againft fuch meafures of bru- 

 tality and follv, let us congratulate ourfelves 

 upon the happinefs and advantage of living 

 in an age and country, when even the vulgar 

 mind revolts at and defpifes them. 



The following curious direction, w T hich is 

 to be found in the old editions of Markham, 

 I addrefs to many of my brethren of the bridle, 

 who have repeatedly allured me, with an ex- 

 prefTive dafh of corrective wifdom in their looks, 

 " that it fignifies nothing talking, we (hall 

 never get better than the old books, and the 

 old cuftoms." 



Running Horjes. 



" For the ordering of your running Horfe, 

 let him have no more meat than to fuffice 

 nature, drink once in twenty-four hours ; and 

 dreffing every day once at noon only." 



To make a white far in any part of a Horfe 9 



page 307. 



" Other farriers ufe, after they have fhaved 

 it, to rub the place well with fait ; and then, 

 twice every day for a fortnight, to warn it with 

 the broth wherein a moldy-warp and fome 

 fwines sxeafe hath been fodden." I have no 

 right in the world to difpute the efficacy of this 



receipt, 



