3 56 Reflectiom mijlcelng HORSES. 



any hard fubdance the fooner he grows 

 quite lame. 



Other in- For by the conne6lion, thicknefs, and 



conyeni- flexibility, as well as contexture of the 



from par- ^^^"7 ^^^^' ^^ fecms to be wholly deftined 



ingthe ^7 nature to ferve as a cufhion to the 



foie. flefhy fole and tendon, which reds upon 



it in order to break the violent fhocks 



of a pavement, ftone, or any kind of 



flump, or external violence ; but by 



paring it away in the cuftomary manner, 



the horfe loies his defence of nature 



againft flumps, nails, glafs, i£c. and thus 



the flefhy fole becomes eafily bruifed, or 



wounded. 



Why the It is obfervable, that a horfe feldoni 

 horfe goes go€s eafy or efcapes being foon jaded, 



" h^^^^h ^^ ^^ ^^^S ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ upon the ground, 

 frog^isnot^^ it is the only point of fupport to the 

 in contaa tendon •, fo that if you keep it at any 

 with the diftance from the ground, by paring ic 

 ground, away, an inordinate diftenflon will hap- 

 pen to the tendon •, which being repeated 

 at every flep he goes, fatigues it, and 

 caufes an inflammation ; whence alfo 

 relaxations, defluxions, and tendinous 

 fweilings, efpecially after long journeys, 

 or hard riding, which are occafioned 

 more by the paring of the fole, than the 



length 



