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The figns are a (low fever, with Ian- ^^^ ^y^- 

 guifhing and great depreffions ; the ^°"^^* 

 horfe is fometimes inwardly hot, and 

 outwardly cold ; at other times hot all 

 over, but not to any extreme; his eyes 

 look moid and languid ; he has a conti- ' 

 nual moifture in his mouth, which is the 

 reafon he feldom cares to drink, and when 

 he does, it is but little at a time. He 

 feeds but little, and leaves off as foon as 

 he has eat a mouthful or two •, he moves 

 his jaws in a feeble, locfe manner, with 

 an unpleafant grating of his teeth ; his 

 body is commonly open ; his dung foft 

 and moid, but feldom greafy ; his ftaling 

 is often irregular, fometimes little, ac 

 other times profufe, feldom high-colour- 

 ed, but rather pale, with little or no "fe- 

 diment. 



When a horfe*s appetite declines daily, 

 till he refufes all meat, it is a bad fign. 

 When the fever doth not diminifh, or 

 keep at a (land, but increafes, the cafe is 

 then dangerous. But when it fenfibly 

 abates, and his mouth grows drier, the 

 grating of his teeth ceafes, his appetite 

 mends, and he takes to lay down (which 

 perhaps he has not done for a fortnight) 

 thefe are promifing figns. A horfe in thefe 

 fevers always runs at the nofe, but not 



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