46 Advantages of proper Food and System. 



stomach, some part of the intestines, or dia- 

 phragm (midriff). 



ADVANTAGES OF PROPER FOOD AND SYSTEM. 



My experience, and that of others who have de- 

 voted attention to the conditions discussed in the 

 preceding section, clearly shows that the secret 

 lies in prevention. This is comprised in cleanli- 

 ness, ventilation, care and attention to the quality, 

 quantity, and regularity of feeding, and due pro- 

 portion of work. 



The author is old enough to remember the 

 effect of a journey from London to the north by 

 stage coach, the character of animals selected for 

 the work, and the amount they were required to 

 perform. With such experiences he has fre- 

 quently paused to enquire how the facts have 

 failed to carry conviction in analogous cases at 

 the present day. 



In many of the coaches which ran between 

 London, York, and Leeds, the horses were known 

 to " do their fourteen miles out and the same 

 number in " six days in the week. Their work 

 was testified by the wear of the shoes, which, 

 made of the toughest metal, and not unfrequently 

 having an admixture of steel, were worn out by 

 the fore feet in three weeks, and replaced on the 

 hind by new ones nearly every fourteen days. 

 Notwithstanding this, by proper feeding, care, 



