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boured hard. The firft, remarkably big, be- 

 came dull, and her flefh fell away, but {he fed 

 as ufual. At coming into the liable from work, 

 fhe was fuddenly feized with the fit, and caft 

 at once twin colt foals, dead. This accident 

 inftantly directed my attention to the other 

 mare, which on infpe61ion appeared ill, and by 

 the fymptoms, very probable to follow the 

 example of her fellow-labourer in a few days ; 

 in (liort, the part was obvioufly enlarged and 

 fwollen, there was a fmali difcharge, and nature 

 was haflening towards a premature crifis. I 

 ordered her to be = withdrawn from work in- 

 ftantly, gave her two or three mafhes, com- 

 pofed of fine pollard, malt, a fmall quantity 

 of boiled rice, and a pint of ale. In a few 

 days, her ufual health and cheerfulnefs return- 

 ed, the part contrafted within its common 

 bounds, the difcharge ceafed, and flie went her 

 full time, producing a colt foal. It muft be 

 noted, however, that (he was not worked any 

 more till after foaling. The ufual methods of 

 violent exercife, to produce abortion, are inhu- 

 man and unmanly, and if they have the defired 

 effecl, never fail to leave an incurable weak- 

 nefs in the body of the mare. The brown 

 mare, mentioned in the Firft Volume, was rid- 

 den forty-two miles in three hours, over crofs 

 roads, by a barbarous mafter, when heavy in 

 foal ; not indeed for the exprefs purpofe of 



procuring 



