104 avery's own farrier. 



a dose of rennet, prepared in the manner as for noaking 

 cheese, followed with a dose of brandy, to which is 

 added a little camphor. 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 



"He that by the plough wouUl thrive, 

 Himself must either hold or drive ; 

 And there are those that must do both, 

 Or be insensible to want and sloth." 



DISEASES OF THE SKIN, &C. 



Mange is a species of this kind; as also surfeit and 

 hide bound; and water farcy or dropsy has hereto- 

 fore been considered a disease of the skin, and may be 

 properly mentioned in connection with the same here. 

 " The skin answers a double purpose of protection and 

 strength. Where it is necessary that the parts should 

 be bound and knit together, it adheres so tightly that it 

 can scarcely be raised. Thus the bones of the knees, 

 and pasterns, and the tendons of the legs, on which so 

 much stress is thrown, are securely tied down and kept 

 in their places. It is also very elastic, and readily adapts 

 itself to the slow growth or decrease of the body, and 

 appears to fit equally well, whether the horse is in the 

 fullest condition possible, or reduced to a skeleton." The 

 skin is full of minute glands that are called pores, through 

 which it is supplied with an oily fluid, by means of the 

 insensible perspiration that takes place in the body, that 

 render it soft and pliable. Thus it is when the horse is 



