during the day, fliould be very careful to have it 

 changed as often as it is cither foiled or wet, for wet 

 litter is one of the ftrongcft caufes of blindnefs. 



A horfe fliould always be brought into a ftable 

 with his fkin nearly of the temperature of that 

 liable. It is not generally known, though certainly 

 the cafe, that palling from a cold atmofphere into a 

 warm one will give cold, with almofi: as much cer- 

 tainty as from a warm into a cold fituation. But 

 if a horfe is brought home very hot, he muft not be 

 hung by the bridle at the door till he gets cool ; he 

 fliould be walked till he is cool, but not cold. The 

 feet and legs, in dirty weather, fliould be always 

 waflied, and carefully picked ; after which, unlefs 

 they are rubbed dry, it is better not to v.afli them. 

 A cool liable, with a good proportion of cloathing, 

 is a great defideratum in liable management, and, if 

 more attended to, would leffen the maladies thefc 

 valuable animals are liable to. 



STAG EVIL. 



I fliall wafte no more time on this fatal complaint 

 than is neceflary to make perfons acquainted with it 

 when it happens. From long expofure to cold, from 

 a prick, or any wound made into a very tender part, 

 a horfe fometimes becomes rather fuddenly ftiff in 

 his limbs ; his jaws by degrees become fct, his ears 

 pricked, his tail cocked, his eyes flare, with the haw 



