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CHAP. III. 



PERMANENT DISEASES OF THE HORSE. — GLANDERS INCURABLE. 



ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTE. DEFECTIVE WIND. CIRCUMSTANCES 



THAT SHOULD REGULATE THE ACCEPTATION OR REJECTION OF 

 SUCH A HORSE. ANECDOTE OF JOHN WARDE, ESQ. DEFEC- 

 TIVE WIND PRODUCTIVE OF DEBILITY. THE AUTHOr's ADVICE. 



DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAD-WINDED AND A BROKEN-WINDED 



HORSE. THE LATTER TO BE INSTANTLY REJECTED. ROARING 



AND WHISTLING. DEFECTIVE SIGHT. USEFUL HINTS TO PUR- 

 CHASERS. CHINKED BACK. 



The complaints or casualties mentioned in the 

 preceding chapter are the principal internal tem- 

 porary attacks to which the horse is habitually 

 liable ; that is, they are such as come on suddenly, 

 "without previous indication of their recurrence, 

 or without perhaps being attributable to any abso- 

 lutely improper treatment at our hands. We will 

 now turn our attention to a few others of a per- 

 manent nature, and then judge how far it might 

 be judicious to purchase an animal under their 

 influence. Under this head, as the most horrible 

 and fatal, we will very briefly mention 



GLANDERS. 



I say briefly, because no respectable or sensible 

 man would for a moment entertain an idea of 



