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pavement no novelty — recommended by Morgan, -who wrote in 

 the reign of James the First, and successfully ridiculed and 

 opposed by Michael Baret. The nomenclature of the stable. 

 The tea-kettle groom. The grand points of feeding and care of 

 the legs and feet. The turf and hunting stables stand at the 

 head. Anecdote of a trading groom. Clothing. The roller, 

 and ' getting up the carcass.' Covering for the loins of coach 

 aud cart horses, abroad upon duty, during bad weather. Exer- 

 cise for hacks and hunters clothed or not. Clipping or burning 

 the hirsute horse. Dressing and currying the nag. The teeth 

 of the currycomb should not be too sharp, p. 100 — 107. 



SECTION XVIII. p. 108. 



English stable food for saddle horses. Superior profit of good 

 heavy oats. Ground corn for carthorses. No general rule as to 

 quantities. Racks for hay not easily to be dispensed with. 

 Horses eating their litter. Occasional use of clover, lucerne or 

 melilot hay. Horses given to drinking. The golden rule in the 

 case. Soft aud hard water. Exercise after water. Bad effects 

 of stinting ahorse of his due quantity of water. Green food and 

 roots in their seasons. Autumnal soiling. The carrot and parsnip. 

 Rutabaga or Swedish turnip, and mangel wurtzel, or beet. Un- 

 threshed peas or oats. Rowen or cow hay. Diet of slow draught 

 horses. Barley substituted for oats, as horse corn, in Norfolk. 

 Bad hay and fodder profitless and injurious, p. 108 — 114. 



SECTION XIX. p. 114. 



The Straw yard. Great benefit of a winter's run to a horse injured 

 by labour. Necessary cautions in the case. Parks to be pre- 

 ferred. The author's plan for turning horses off, winter or sum- 

 mer, also for grass and straw stacks, alternate layers. Horse 

 stealing, ' has increased, is increasing, and ought to be dimin- 

 ished,' — various recommendations, p. 114 — 119. 



SECTION XX. p. 119. 



Exercise for saddle and coach horses. The most proper kind for 

 those engaged in constant labour. Condition, its meaning and 

 means. Modes of exercise adapted to various occasions. The 

 improper exercise in London used with crippled post hacks and 

 coachers. Treatment of a horse by a disciplinarian, p. 119 — 

 123. 



SECTION XXI. p. 123. 



Purchase. The hackney, resorts for buying and sale. Difficulty 

 of obtaining a good and sound nag. Inexperienced persons should 

 not purchase for themselves. Buying of a friend. Cause of the 



