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GENERAL REMARKS ON DISEASES, &c. 



I deem it a duty I owe the public, as well as myself, 

 to offer some general views on this subject, before I con- 

 clude this work, which I shall be under the necessity 

 of doing in my own way, and my story is told; as I have 

 proceeded thus far without dictionary or library, with 

 the exception of a few old almanacs, papers, and recipes 

 that I had carefully preserved and had in my possession, 

 which I hope will answer for all apologies necessary for 

 the more learned, for any and all the errors I have or 

 may commit. 



The same principles existed in nature when the world 

 began, that exist now, and the same that will exist for 

 all time to come. When any new discovery is made by 

 man, or anything new appears to us, it is only because 

 the mind is more fully developed, or brought nearer the 

 object, and capable of receiving the truth as it existed 

 before. We must necessarily learn much from great 

 men and great minds, that have lived before us; but we 

 should not content ourselves with this alone, for then we 

 should go back instead of progressing in usefulness. For 

 they in their aspirations to grasp great things, overlooked 

 (to them) many smaller ones, which are of the greatest 

 importance to mankind, which experience teaches that 

 we can pick up and improve on, only by the closest ob- 

 servation of passing events, and all our wants. 



That a reformation is needed in a great many of our 

 stables, both in country and town, in medicating, driving 

 and caring for the horse, will be readily admitted by 



