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THE DOMESTIC TREATMENT OF THE 

 DISEASES OF ANIMALS, 

 which I have called the domeftic or imitative mode of 

 learning farriery, is not acquired altogether on thefe 

 grounds, for to ftudy the art fundamentally, as it re- 

 quires confiderable time, with great application and at- 

 tention, fo it neither fuits the leifure or convenience 

 of the greater part of mankind, who, having either 

 horfes or do^s, might yet be glad of a nearer road to 

 the knowledge of their difeafes and cure. This do- 

 mejlic practice is therefore fitted for them ; and con- 

 fifts in having the difeafes, to which the animals 

 treated on are liable, clearly and plainly defcribed 

 by their diflinguifhing charadleriftic marks or fymp- 

 toms, with plain practical rules for the treatment, 

 and fimple, but efficient, receipts for the cure. Now 

 thefe defcriptions, thefe rules, and thefe receipts, 

 can only be formed by a perfon fully aware of the 

 fubjedt in its moft extenfive point of view ; and fuch 

 defcriptions, rules, and receipts, collected, will then 

 form a Domejiic Treatife on the Difeafes of Horfes and 

 Dogs, enabling all perfons not within the reach of 

 a regular veterinarian, or in cafes of emergency, or 

 in thofe inftances in which they may chufe to make 

 trial themfelves, to diflinguifli ealily between one 

 difeafe and another, and, having fo diftinguiflied, to 



