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merous others, a fuflRcient proof of his total 

 want of information on the fubjeft of Arabian 

 horfes, and Englifh horfemanQiip. Had St. 

 Bel hved, he alfo would, I fear, have expofed 

 himfelf as much on this fubje61, as he did re- 

 fpefting my old friend Rufli's mare. The late 

 Mr. Rufh, Infpeftor General of Regimental 

 Hofpitals, had purchafed a mare, which, it 

 turned out, had flolen a leap. A (liort time 

 before foaling, the mare being very ill, and ex- 

 hibiting the ufual tokens of approaching partu- 

 rition, St. Bel's opinion was afked. The poor 

 Frenchman, not long arrived in this country, 

 and, I fufpe61, brow-beaten, and put off his 

 guard, by vulgar fupercilioufnefs, pronounced, 

 in broken Englifli, the mare would die, '•' for 

 her inwards were coming^ out." But a certain 

 predeceflbr of Mr. Blaine, of high defert, for 

 the beauty of his type, the finenefsof his paper, 

 and the refpeftable price of his book, beats 

 Blaine, all to nothing, at clofet jockeyfliip, and 

 would have us ride our race-horfes without a 

 pull ! A wag obferved to me, that my book had 

 been the occafion of much ridiculous mifchief, 

 by teaching, that " a fpice of the jockey ought 

 to be blended with the veterinarian." 



On the Difeafes of the Eye (Vol. ii. p. 670) 

 we will not regret Mr. Blaine's plagiarifm or 

 total infufficiency, fince we may promife our- 

 felves ample compenfation from the fuperior 



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