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at all events, (hould acquire fufficient veterinary 

 knowledge to defend himfelf and his cattle 

 from blackfmiths and grooms, next to divines, 

 lawyers, and politicians, the mod ingenious fo- 

 phifts in the world. 



But where is a conftant great hurry of bu- 

 finefs, and at unfeafonable hours, it will be im- 

 poflible, with even the greateft care, to do all 

 that is neceffary about horfes, during the fix 

 days of labour. Good Sunday, the day of reft, 

 a day on which deeds of fubftantial charity are, 

 at leaft, as becoming as empty words, prefents 

 itfelf as the propereft time to repair the defi- 

 ciencies of the week. A number of men in the 

 employ ought to be engaged, to undertake this 

 Sunday buiinefs of the (table in rotation, or for 

 a continuance, at their option, at handfome ad- 

 ditional wages. If any religious alarmift fliould 

 thence be apprehenfive for the fafety of his 

 foul, let him plead before the righteous Judge, 

 that he was employed in the caufe of humanity ; 

 a much better plea, than many of thofe will 

 have, who work double-tides on a Sunday at 

 that fpecies of labour which is held fo merito- 

 rious. 



A fevere liable difcipline ought to be main- 

 tained where the horfes are numerous, and they 

 ought never to appear abroad, in a rough and 

 ill-favoured flate, to difgrace the opulent cir- 

 cumftances of the owners. 



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