Part L PerfeSt Farrier. 1 3 jj 



When HoiTes ftand equally in need of Bleeding 

 and Purging, it is fitteft to begin with Bleeding, be- 

 caufe it cools, and may thereby hinder the Purga- 

 tion from inflaming the Humours : Becaufe for the 

 molt part, a purgative Medicament ftirreth up Hu- 

 mours, which it doth not evacuate } fo that if you 

 fhould immediately take Blood, while the excited 

 Humours are thus in agitation, the Veins would 

 attract that ftirred up Humour which was not eva- 

 cuated, and which being once in the Veins, is ca- 

 pable of fpoiling the reft of the good Blood. 



In fine, Blood-letting contributes much to the 

 true knowledge of a Horfe's Conftitution, and 

 more than any other evidence, whether of Mark or 

 Colour ; alio a Man may thereby judge of his Health 

 and Vigour. 



CHAP. XXXVII. 



Of Bins. 



TO Bitt a Horfe is to give him fuch a Bridle as 

 is molt proper to gain his confent to thofe 

 Actions you require of him. 



The Iron which is put in a Horfe's Mouth, is 

 called a Bin or Bin-mouth. 



In the middle of the Bin- mouth there is always an 

 arched fpace for the lodging of his Tongue, which 

 is called the Liberty. 



The Duke of Nexvcaftle advifes to put as little 

 Iron into a Horfe's Mouth as poflible ; and we in 

 England feldom make ufe of other than Snaffles, 

 Canon- mouths jointed in the middle, Canon with- 

 a Faft-moiith, and Canon with a Port-mouth either 

 round or jointed : But our Author gives a Defcrip- 

 tion of fifty lix forts of Bitts, and the Figures of 

 eighteen of them in a printed Plate, moitof wjjich 



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