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each horse (as directed by the groom) an addi- 

 tional portion of clothing, as hoods on their 

 heads, and quarter pieces on their bodies, reach- 

 ing back to the tops of their tails. By this 

 additional clothing, the respiration of the horses 

 is immediately increased to a very considerable 

 extent. The stables being shut up, the heat of 

 them soon becomes augmented, from the hot va- 

 pours arising from the surface of the horses, as 

 well, also, as from their lungs. These circum- 

 stances, combined with the exertion the horses 

 have just undergone, cause them to break out 

 into a violent perspiration, which proceeds through 

 the pores of their skins, in that well-known wa- 

 tery fluid called sweat. By this discharge of the 

 superfluous fluids of their bodies, they are, what 

 is called in the language of the stable, drawn fine, 

 or stripped of their waste and spare flesh; or, 

 more properly speaking, are sufliciently light- 

 ened, both internally and externally, of their su- 

 perabundant adipose membrane or fat. 



By properly accomplishing of this object, we 

 obtain a variety of others. First, we give free ac- 

 tion to the muscular surface of our horse's body ; 

 secondly, we give the same to the internal organs, 

 as those of his abdomen and thorax ; thirdly, we 



