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CHAP. IV. 



Hoiv to order the Hunter for the 

 firfl Fortnight. 



Iprefume by this your Horfe will have evacua- 

 ted all his Grafs, and his Shoes will be fo well 

 fetled to his Feet, that he may be fit to be rid abroad 

 to Air without danger offurbating. Therefore 'tis 

 now neceflary that I begin in a more particular man- 

 ner to diretft our mexperiencd Groom how he ought 

 to proceed to order his Horfe according to Art. 



Firft then you are to vifit your Horfe early in the 

 Morningy to wit, by five a Clock if in Summer, or 

 Six, ir in Winter , and having fnt up his Litter 

 under his Stall, 2ind made clean your 5?^^/^, you fhall 

 then h^\ his Ribs, his Chanle and his Flank^ for thofe 

 are the cheif fignes by which you muft learn to judge 

 o[ the goody or evil fiat e of your Horfcs body, as I 

 Ihall now fhew you. 



Lay your Hands on the Ioj?/er part of his /^jort- 

 ribs, near the Flanks, and if you feel his Fat to be 

 exceeding /o/f and ffw^^r, and to v/f/^ as it were un- 

 der your hand, than you may be confident it is «»- 

 fomdj and that the Icaft violent Labour, or Travail 

 will diffolve it : which being diflblv'd, e're it be hard- 

 ned by good Dyet, if it be not then rcmov'd by 

 fconring, the Fat or greafe belonging to the outward 

 parts of the Body will fall down into his Hc<ls , and 



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