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purchase. Next to direct evidence of this are appear- 

 ances about the eye, of which tlie veterinary surg-eon at 

 least oujrht not to be ignorant. They consist chieHy of 

 a puckering of the hds towards the inner corner of one 

 or both eyes — a difference in the size of the eyes, although 

 perhaps only a shght one, and not. discovered except it 

 be jooked for— a jilooniiness of the eye — a duhiess of 

 the iris — a httle duiness of the transparent part of the 

 eye generally — a nnnufe, faint, dusky spot, deep in the. 

 eye, and generally wnih hitle radiations of white lines 

 proceeding from it. If these symptoms, or the majority 

 of them, existed at the time of purchase, the animal 

 had assuredly been di.^eased before, and wils unsound. 

 Starting has been considered as an equivocal proof. It 

 is usually an indication of defective sight, but it is occa- 

 sionally a trick. Connected, however, with the appear- 

 ances just described, it is a very strong corroborative 

 proof. 



LAMENESS, 



From whatever cause arising, is unsoundness. How- 

 ever temporary it may be, or however obscure, there 

 must be disease which lessens the utility of the horse, 

 and renders him unsound for the time. 



OSSIFICATION OF THE LATERAL CARTILAGES, 



Constitutes unsoundness, as interfering with the natural 

 expansion of the foot, and, in hor.ses of quick work, al- 

 most invariably producing lameness. 



PUMICED-FOOT. 



When the union between the horny and sensible 

 lamiuK, or little plates of the foot is weakened, and the 

 coffin-bone is let down, and presses upon the sole, and 

 the sole yields to this unnatural weight, and becomes 

 rourided, and is brought in contact with the ground, and 

 is bruised and injured, that hor^e must be unsound, and 



