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Let us therefore, by way of example, say that 

 the six horses, that have just come in from their 

 sweats, have been scraped, roughly dressed, re- 

 clothed ill their dry clothes, have taken their 

 sweating gallop, and, having walked their usual 

 time, are ridden into their stables; here they are 

 uell dressed, and shut up with the other horses. 

 I have stated my directions on shutting them up 

 after their sweats rather briefly, without noticing 

 how they are to be watered and fed ; but we will take 

 another opportunity of mentioning these matters. 



Let us suppose the day to have come round 

 for the sweating of the two hardy horses just 

 mentioned, which did not sweat sufficiently well 

 on the day they sweated with the six horses above 

 alluded to. The two horses being set over night, 

 in the morning are to be clothed for their sweats 

 rather differently to what they were before ; their 

 sweaters, or clothes, are to be increased in num- 

 ber or quantity to the extent of four or five 

 times double; and, that they may be of as little 

 incumbrance to the horses as possible, they should 

 be snugly and well put on, commencing from the 

 upper part of the horse's neck, covering his chest, 

 and extending along to the setting on of his tail. 

 In addition to the sweating hood, if thought ne- 



