d2 *¥he CompleatHorjewan : or y 



pediment goeth and cometh, and proccedeth only 

 from abundance of Phlegmatick ftufF, for his Flanks 

 will not redouble, neither will he have a Cough with 

 it, and therefore cannot be Purfy. 



In buying Coach-Horfes People are many times 

 caught and deceived, if they do not fee them draw 

 before they pay for them. For fome of them while 

 they are fhowing, will trot unitely, with their 

 Shoulders free and eafy, and having a good move- 

 ment with their Legs, will plant their Feet right 

 upon the Ground, keeping their Heads high and 

 firm •, and yet when Harnefled and put to a Coach, 

 will as foon as they have trotted a little, puff or 

 blow like Oxen. Therefore before you pay for a 

 Coach-Horfe, fee him draw, and if in drawing he 

 ftoop with his Hind-Parts, and raife his Fore, then 

 he will draw right ; but if he raife his Hind-Parts, 

 and ftoop with his Fore, then he will draw iff; 



You are in the next place to confider if the Horfe 

 be Cheft-foundredi which is known by the fame Sym- 

 ptoms almoft as Purfinefs. The only difference is, 

 that young Horfes are fubjeft to Cheft-foundring as 

 well as old •, w r hereas they are commonly Horfes of 

 fix Years old and above that are troubled with Pur- 

 finefs % at leaft, it is a Difeafe which rarely happens 

 to very young Horfes, and when it does, they have 

 it naturally from their Sire or Dam. 



Cheft-foundring may proceed from Crudities in 

 the Stomach, or other Infirmities obftrudling the 

 Paffages of the Lungs. The difference between 

 Cheft-foundring and Purfinefs is, that in the firft 

 there is hopes of Recovery, but none in the Iaft. 

 Grafs, and much refrefhing and cooling cure Cheft- 

 foundring, but eucreafe Purfinefs. 



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