ON PURCHASE AND SALE. I45 



" eye ; but (l^iould ibch an one be fold as found, 

 without that remark, he would doubtlefs be re- 

 turnable. 



A diilinftion always exifls in praftice, be- 

 tween unfoundnefs and blemiflies, wliich in fa6l 

 accords both with truth and convenienxre : the 

 latter may exifl: without impediment to the 

 former. 



Blemishes confift of broken knees, lofs of 

 hair in the cutting places, m.allenders and fal- 

 lenders, cracked heels, falfe quarters, fplents, or 

 excrefcence^ which do not occafion lamenefs; 

 and I fhould fuppofe, wind-galls and bog-fpa- 

 vins, if they prevail to any great degree ; thefe 

 laft may have been reprefled, immediately pre- 

 vious to fale, and may re-appear, in a few miles 

 riding. Neither wind-galls nor bog-fpavins im- 

 pede a found warrant, provided the horfe does 

 not go lame ; it may be the fame, probably, in 

 refpeft to a falfe quarter, although, I think, I 

 have never feen a horfe with the latter defe6];, 

 which I fhould have accepted as a found ^one. 



The term quiet, or free from vice, im- 

 plies, according to eflablilhed ufage, that the 

 horfe is neither reftiflp, nor a notorious runaway, 

 kicker or biter; and that he will quietly and 

 obediently permit himfelf to be faddled, or ac- 

 coutred, in the ufual way ; this laft, however, 

 fome dealers w^ithin my knowledge have ven- 

 tured to difpute. In the year 1779 I purchafed 

 VOL. II. L a black 



