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may be both trouble and danger. As to the 

 Glanders, granting the difcharge to have been 

 fupprefled by art, the difeafe is indicated by an 

 over quantitv of foam in the mouth, by fwell- 

 ing of the glands, and by the deadnefs of the 

 hair, which will come off with the fligheft pull 

 of the fingers. 



Broken Wind is difcovered by the quick 

 and irregular heavino- of the flanks. : j nd a more 

 than ordinary dilatation of the noitrils ; fome- 

 times alfo, by a confumptive appearance of the 

 body. But the ufual method of trying the 

 foundnefs of -a horfe's wind, is, to cough him ; 

 which is performed by preffing the upper part 

 of the wind-pipe, with the finger and thumb. 

 The ftrong, clear, and full tone of the cough, 

 prove his wind to be found ; if, on the con- 

 trary, the note be ihort, whiftling, and hufky, 

 the horfe is afthmatic, and unfound. Horfes 

 labouring under the word ftage of this difeafe, 

 are flyled, in the language of the repofitory, 

 Roarers, from the noiie they make in work, of 

 very little of which they are capable. Broken- 

 winded mares are generally barren, although I 

 have heard of one, which bred a whole team of 

 horfes, after (lie became afthmatic. Some pen- 

 five and thick-winded horfes, are, of all others, 

 the ftrongeft, and mod thorough-winded. They 

 catch their wind with difficulty at firft ; but it 



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