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part of the Night. Befidesthat, theX>fwand moiil 

 ^tmes do as much Injury to a Horfe, as the Iharpeft 

 Colds or Frofts : fince (as I have found by experience) 

 a Horfe any ways inclinable to Catarrhs, Rheums^ 

 or any other cold Diftempers, is apt to iiave the Hu- 

 mors augmented,and thedifeafe moft fenbfily increasd 

 by thefe early and Jate Airings. 



But if he be not had forth to aire till the Shh 

 btrtjerj, ("as you mult caft to have him drefs'd, and 

 ready to lead forth againft that timej his fpirits wiii 

 becheard and comforted by that univerfal Comforter 

 otal! living Creatures ; and indeed all Horfes natural- 

 iy defire to enjoy the Sun's warmth.z^ you may obferve 

 by thofe Horfes which lie out all Night, who as foon as 

 the Sun IS rijen, will repair to thofe places where they 

 may have the moft benefit of his Beams, and by them 

 bempartJ'f//fx;'^f,omtne coldnefs of the foregoing 

 Night. And belides the benefit of the 5«»,the Air wiS 

 be lo mild and temperate, as it will rather i«t;^>omtf 

 than ^rcy upon his fpirits , and more tmreafe his 

 otrcngch than impair it 



Neither, tho we dil^iHow of Early and Late airings, 

 rjeed we be at a Jofs to bring down our Horfes /^f,and 

 rrom being pirfivc, ^n^ too high \xi Flefh, to reduce 

 mm X.0 cleannefs, and a more moderate ftate of Bo- 

 dy: ^ For if you do but obferve this one Rule of 

 Keeping a /rf? Horfe fo much longer out at a time 

 both Morning and Evening, you will undoubtedly 

 ojtain your end by fuch long Airings joyn'd with 

 true found Heats, which you may cxpeft indeed, but 

 will never find from thofe that are Ihorter, how ear- 

 ly and lats foever : for this Method ioyn'd with good 

 feeding \s the heft Prefcription can be given in' this 

 cafe, and tis from x)r[^ length of vour Airings only,tIint 

 you mtift hope ro bring your Horfe toa pcrfefl Windy 

 an;1 true Courage. And therefore a Horfe that is 

 high in Flcjlj, is a fitter fubjcl; to imi on, than 



