92 EYES. 



The eyes of a horse should be large, round, full, 

 lively, dark coloured, clear, and shining, that you may 

 see far into them ; and when moving, but little of the 

 white should appear. Dealers in those animals are 

 very apt to endeavour to lead a purchaser from any 

 defect he by chance may discover about a horse, to 

 some part without fault, or some of his best parts ; and 

 as to eyes, speak of them as if they were of little or no 

 consequence. Purchasers should always be on their 

 guard when dealing with men that possess so much 

 artifice and cunning. 



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MOON EYES. 



We sometimes observe the eyes of a horse to change 

 colour, and to vary in appearance monthly. Eyes thus 

 affected, are called moon eyes, from the prevailing 

 opinion that the affection increases or decreases with 

 the course of the moon ; insomuch that in the full moon 

 the eyes are muddy, discharging a thin ichorous water 

 so sharp as sometimes to excoriate the skin, and at 

 new moon clear up again. At first appearance of this 

 disease, the eyes are much swelled, and very often 

 shut, and the whole eyeball of a muddy brown; the 

 veins of the temple, and near the eyes, appear remark- 

 ably full of blood, and both eyes are seldom affected 

 at the same time. Large bleedings, and the eyes 

 washed frequently in cold water, give temporary relief; 

 but this disease is the forerunner of a cataract, which 

 seldom admits of a cure ; the cases generally end in 

 blindness of one, if not both eyes. 



