94 WIND - WORKS. HEA VES. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



WIND-WORKS. HEAVES. 



MANY fine horses are rendered unfit for a gentleman's 

 driving by this disease, and yet very many, if properly 

 fed, could be driven on for years agreeably. Under this 

 head I would again urge the exactness of stable management, 



DIAGRAM, TO ILLUSTRATE THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE STOMACH AND OF 

 THE DIAPHRAGM. 



i. The lungs. 2. The stomach. 3. The intestines. 4. The diaphragm. 5. The 

 bladder. 



as very many, of these same diseases are brought about by 

 neglect of it, heaves among the number. They of course 

 affect the horse's general usefulness, and are very often 

 brought on by an excessive quantity of hay before driving, 

 particularly if it be, as often it is, a little musty. When the 

 horse's lungs happen to be in a state to be thus affected, the 

 disease shows itself, and seems to be the result of excess- 



