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is impossible for a Veterinarian Surgeon to say 

 that it existed prior to sale, it behoves the pur- 

 chaser to guard well against it himself. 



What I have said of the usefulness of a horse 

 with cataract is equally applicable here, with this 

 exception, that as it often proceeds from a disease 

 of the brain, there is a possibility, a probability, 

 of its sooner or later ending fatally, and that 

 more especially if the horse is put to quick har- 

 ness work. 



Specks on the external transparent part of the 

 eye are evident to all. They are generally pro- 

 duced by mechanical injuries, and do not con- 

 stitute unsoundness. There is every chance of 

 them disappearing of themselves, while there is 

 none of their increasing in magnitude. 



The Nostrils. 



Few men have sufficient hardihood to offer a 

 glandered horse for sale, yet there have been 

 cases, where, after hiding all the symptoms, a 

 glandered horse has been thrown into the hands 

 of a simpleton ; so that there can be no harm in 

 looking for the symptoms in every case : but in 



