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THE 



Compleat Horfeman: 



O R, 



Perfed FARRIER; 



PART II. 



The Introduction, 



IN treating of the Difteriipers ofHorfes, 'twill 

 not be improper to premife their general figns 

 of Sicknefs. The fahfign of illnefs in a Horfij 

 is a loathing of Food } next to that* a wild 

 haggard look ; cold Ears ; a hot and foamy, or clam- 

 my Mouth i the hair on his Flanks rough and 

 flaring with ends paler than ufually 5 hard and 

 black, or greenifh Dung •, limpid Urine, weeping 

 Eyes, a heavy drooping Head, an aptnefs to {tum- 

 ble, and unwonted dulnefs and civility to other 

 Horfes j frequent riling and lying down in the 

 Stable, and looking towards his Flanks, which are 

 doubl'd \ a beating of the Heart, fenfible to one's 

 hand, between the leftShoulder and Sengle; an in- 

 differency and unconcern'dnefs in what is done to 

 him. If aHorfe, after a long (Icknefs, pifles without 

 ftridingj or extending his Yard, and was not wont 



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