INTRODUCTION, 



Th e subsequent treatise owes its rise to three 

 principal eauses, 



I. The great opportunity I had, whilst young, 

 of reading authors on Farriery, and thereby gain- 

 ing an extensive theory. 



II. The extensive practice I have had in this 

 kind of business since, and the reasons experi- 

 ence hath given me, to differ from most of the 

 European theories, and confine my practice to 

 observation only. 



III. The solicitations of my acquaintance. 



In a work of this kind, I c^^nnot be so pajrticu- 

 lar in my prescriptions for cures as I am in my 

 daily practice : The constitutions of beasts being 

 different, will require some difference in the treat- 

 ment, which must be directed by the judgment 

 of those who are present. 



I SHALL, in the first place, make some re- 

 marks on the choice of seed horses, and treat- 

 ment of horses in general. On the management 

 of colts'^titl three years old, and at first riding 

 them. ^ Directions for docking, nicking, &c. — 

 Likewise, of the various maladies with which 

 they are affected. 



Secondly, I shall treat of the various diseases 

 affecting Neat Cattle. Sheep and Swine, in the 

 next place, will claim our attention. 



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