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efpecially iu Brutes, where ufually fhe can command 

 the Jppetite : and therefore I efteem his own mnral, 

 heatjorwarmmg his water, to be better than that 

 which proceeds from any other. Now as to Mor^ 

 ^^«'s Direaion oi Sweating him every day early in- 

 the Mormng, which he fays will not only perfect d.f.. 

 ' eeftion and exhauft the moifture from his Seed, but 

 <- alfo ftrengthen and cleanfe his B ood and Body fro oi 

 all raw and imperfea humors-, I am of opinion twill 

 both dry up the radical Motfiure too faftvand like- 

 wife inftead of heightning his Pride and Luft, (which 

 he alledges, ) weaken him too much. Other Rules 

 mi2ht be given as to the ordering of them after Wa^ 

 f^rTandthe Ihurs of Feedmg, with the qa^Mmy^c. 

 but thefi will be fitter to be handled in another place, 

 and therefore no more of them here. , , ^. 



Now when your 5M/ta is in Luft, and the Time 

 for CcveriHK is come, which is beft to be in May that 

 the Poles H^y fall in /pn7 following, otherwiie tney 

 will have little or no e-r^/s if they Hiould h^jut t9 

 aether (according to lidarhham's opinion) in the ;»..^r 

 Me 0^ March, tho he holds that one Pole ff^ngti.^ 

 March is worth twofallwg tnMay, " becaufe (^faitt 

 ^ he) he poifefleth, as it were, two Winters m a year; 

 ^ and is thereby fo hardened , that nothing can al 

 * moft after impair him. The time I fay being come 

 topiitYOurSfW//o« ana Tkf^m together, pu 1 ott hif 

 hinder \hocs, and lead him to the place where the 

 ^Uidol Mares are, which you intend for covenng, 

 v'hich place ought to be clofe well jem d, and in itj 

 litt'e tiHtt for a Man to lie in, and a larger S/W wlt^ 

 a Manner to feed your Stallion with Bread and L^om, 

 during his Abode with the Mares, and to flielterhm 

 inthiheatofthe Day and in Rainy weather and thii 

 Clofe ought to be of fulTicient Urgemfs to keep youi 

 Mares well for two months. ^^fon 



