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then getting cold especially towards the end of that 

 month and animals whose livers are more or less 

 deranged by the effects of the preceding hot weather, 

 are very liable to get congestion of that organ from 

 the sudden change of climate. (See Veterinary Notes 

 for Horse Owners.) If an owner intends sending his 

 horses to such places, I would advise him to do so 

 before the hot weather commences. 



It appears that the worst kind of climate for a horse 

 to live in is a damp hot one, like that of Bengal, for 

 instance. A damp, cold climate, like that of Scotland, 

 is not incompatible with the breeding of good cattle, 

 provided they be treated more or less as exotics. But 

 the best of all is a dry warm one. During the exces- 

 sive heat of several hot weathers at Meean Meer and 

 at Cawnpore, both of which places possess a very dry 

 climate, I have never found that the horses I kept 

 suffered in any way from the great heat, as long as 

 they were well protected from the direct rays of the 

 sun, and had a free circulation of air through their 

 stables. Although I do not say that horses will thrive 

 quite as well during the hot weather and rains in the 

 plains, as in cooler climates, such as Dehra and Ban- 

 galore ; still I do not think that the balance is very 

 much in favour of them, especially when we take the 

 cases of horses that it would be injudicious to train 

 on a hilly course. In making these remarks, I again 

 except all hot, damp climates, in which it would be 

 most unwise to keep valuable horses during the trying 

 months of the year. 



Mozufferpore, possessing, as it does, a race-course 

 covered with soft and elastic turf, offers many advan- 



