^8 The Compleat Horfeman : or y 



tity is not to be regarded } but if it be in great a- 

 bundance, and of an Impofthumous confidence, 

 then it is to be feared, efpecially if it be vifcous, 

 and cleaveth to the infide of his Noftrils, into which 

 you are alfo to look, if the fharpnefs of the Humour 

 bath as yet occafion'd any Ulcer, which is a certain 

 token of its great malignity, not only becaufe it may 

 be juftly fufpe&ed to be the Glanders, but it it is alfo 

 dangerous for the infecting other Horfes. And if 

 the Horfe have attained to eight Years, you are not 

 to venture upon him, even altho' that grofs and 

 vifcous Humour mould have only proceeded from a 

 Rheum. As alfo if you perceive a fix'd Kernel, 

 which the Horfe cannot fufFer you to handle, be- 

 caufe of the great pain he endures by it, or that he 

 cafts only at one Noftrii } or likewife if the Kernel 

 fee very hard, though not painful •, or if he do not 

 Cough with it, although he be under fix Years old. 

 I think in all thefe cafes you may conclude with a 

 great deal of reafon that it is the Glanders, 



CHAP. VII. 



How to know when a. Horfe* s Legs are good. 



HAving before treated of the Shoulders in the fe- 

 cond Chapter, I fhaH next confider the Legs y 

 which are the Pillars by which this Edifice is fup- 

 ported. 



The Fore- Legs are fubjefr to many Infirmities, 

 they are the Parts which fuffer molt, and are alfo 

 commonly the fmalleft and weakeft. 



The firft mark I fhall give you of bad Legs, that 

 is, which are ufed and fpoiled, is, if they appear 

 altogether ftrait, or as they were all of one Piece. 

 A Horfe is faid to be ftrait upon his Members, when 

 from the Knee to the fore-part of the Coronet, the 



Knees, 



