128 THE HORSE EDUCATOR. 



discharge from the nose scarcely to be distiu- 

 ^'uished at first from the natui'al moisture, either 

 hj its color or consistence, and generaUj comes 

 fi-om one nostril only, and that from the left one. 

 In appearance it is thin and transparent, closely 

 resembling the natural discharge a little increased 

 in quantity, and sometimes continues in this 

 doubtful stage for several weeks and months. 

 Instances are indeed known, where it has existed 

 for several years before it became fully developed. 

 In such cases it is attended with no loss of appetite, 

 no cough, no apparent illness of any kind, with 

 little enlargment of the glands under the jaw, and 

 a.fc the same time the horse is capable of commu- 

 nicating the disease. 



Too many of these horses with a decided glan- 

 derous discharge fi'om the nose and adherent 

 glands under the jaw, are found on our roads, or 

 are employed in agriculture, which (although 

 they are otherwise in good health and perform 

 their work well) should not be permitted ; for by 



