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nature has given him, and it was long before I 

 was reconciled to it ; but I must acknowledge that 

 •I have found it beneficial, so far as my experience 

 has gone. The animal becomes rapidly dry after 

 a quarter of an hour's dressing, and will begin to 

 feed immediately ; while the undipped horse, even 

 with the best grooming, will sometimes remain wet 

 for the whole night, and feed with comparative 

 reluctance. The best proof of its utility is, that 

 most horses are improved in condition by it. It 

 must not be forgotten that the whole life and state 

 of the animal are essentially changed from their 

 natural order ; and therefore, a treatment which 

 may appear very contrary to the provisions of 

 nature, may nevertheless, be suited to his artificial 

 existence. When a horse is first turned out to 

 grass, he will gallop about the field for a long time 

 together, and will appear to take violent exercise ,• 

 but on close observation it will be found that he 

 never indulges in his gambols till he sweats. His 

 coat is always dry, and of course contributes to 

 warmth ; when, how^ever, he is at work, a profuse 

 perspiration is generally brought on ,• more or less, 

 certainly, in proportion to the vigour or debility of 

 the animal ; but still he always sweats. Let it be 

 borne in mind how evaporation conduces to cold : 

 a fact easily proved by anybody who will pass a 



