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and impoverifhed blood ; or laflly by predifpo- 

 fition from the natural conformation of the 

 limbs. Round flefhy-legged horfes are notori- 

 oufly fubje61 to this malady, which is as much 

 as to fay, it prevails moft among cart-horfes ; 

 and that generally fpeaking, the more blood a 

 horfe has, by fo much the eaQer he is preferved 

 from the greafe. Not but fome draught cattle 

 have flat legs with the tendon very diftinft ; a 

 point which deferves the attention of the 

 breeder. 



The neceflary meafures of prevention, and 

 the minor remedies proper to the incipient 

 difeafe, have already been fet forth in the Chap- 

 ter on Stable duties, p. 59. I have faid, that 

 fome round-legged horfes will not, with what- 

 ever care, (land clean in the ftable duringr the 

 winter feafon ; of courfe fuch ought not to be 

 kept but where they can be conilanily accom- 

 modated with a run abroad : and in an inve- 

 terate cafe, a field to walk about in, is at lead 

 three parts of the cure, nor ought fuch to be 

 undertaken without that advantage, for it is 

 elfe generally palliative and deceptious ; the 

 difeafe, after a number of frefh attacks, termi- 

 nating its career in canker, graped heels, and 

 ftiff joints, for which it may not be in the power 

 of art to furnilh a remedy. 



Should the tenfion not fubfide, nor the cracks 

 heal in confequence of the milder applications, 



but 



