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head, and turning your own to the right about, 

 you have a view oF the curve of his neck, the 

 height of his fore-hand, and the poiition of his 

 (lioulder and fore-arm. Returning to his fore- 

 hand, you defcend to his legs and feet, minutely 

 examining with your fingers every part from 

 above, below, wuhinfide, and without. You 

 wnll not forget the virgin integrity of the knees, 

 fo much and fo juftly in requeft : fo difficuk is 

 this to repair, either by nature or art, when 

 once violated, that I am ajmoll tempted to add 

 it as a fifth, to the four irrevocable things, tem- 

 pus.juventus, verbum didum, & virginitas. 



Being fatisfied refpefting his fore-train, your 

 eye and hand will glance over his back, girting- 

 place, carcafe, and loin ; thence proceeding to 

 his hinder quarter, and the fetting on of his tail. 

 You will judge how far he agrees in each, and 

 every refpecl, with thofe rules of proportion 

 already laid down. The hinder legs and feet 

 will demand a fhare of attention full as minute 

 as the fore ones, and I mull: once again repeat 

 my advice, that the infide, or hollow of the 

 hock, be not palled without due notice, (as is 

 commonly the cafe) fince it often happens that 

 the injuries of hard labour are mod apparent in 

 thofe parrs. A furvey of the other fide of the 

 horfe concludes the ftable examination. 



Suffer no perfon belonging to the feller to be 

 with you in the ftall during your infpe61ion, that 



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