INTRODUCTION, 



he will, in a short time, be able to under- 

 stand their different diseases ; and by 

 carefully applying and administering such 

 medicines as are prescribed for their cure, 

 with good drugs, the author has no doubt 

 but that the practitioner will be enabled 

 to effect his intention in the most obsti- 

 4iate diseases. 



In its now improved state, the present 

 treatise contains the result of more than 

 forty years established and extensive prac- 

 tice in the veterinary art : and, as some 

 account has been required of the means 

 by which the author obtained his know- 

 ledge, he trusts the following concise state- 

 ment will be favourably received by the 

 indulgent reader. 



The author was, in early life, appren- 

 ticed to a late eminent farrier,* with whom 



* Mr. Frost, of Xottinghara. 



