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is certain death. To sliow how soon this may 

 occur to one uninjured previously, and to keep 

 my reader from having any thing to do if he can 

 help it with injured backs or loins, I will mention 

 what occurred to a carriage-horse of a friend of 

 mine. 



Some acquaintance, possibly of an economic 

 turn of mind, had persuaded my friend that draw- 

 ing in his hay would be the best possible exercise 

 for his carriage-horses. His coachman vowed he 

 would not be a party to such an aflPair, so the 

 horses were put into a carter's hands pro tern. 

 In the evening my friend came to me in great 

 tribulation about one of his horses, who he af- 

 firmed could scarcely stand. I went to his stable, 

 and there saw the horse standing with his hind 

 legs stretched out, his eyes glazed, and a fixed 

 look, that showed me something serious had oc- 

 curred. I touched the horse to make him move ; 

 he did so, and in doino; it he 2:ave a oToan of 

 perfect agony, and fell against the standing : of 

 course I saw directly what was the matter. 

 What is to be done ? inquired my friend. Xo- 

 thing can be done, said I ; he has fatally in- 

 jured the spine. And what will be the result? 

 said he. In all probability, said I, paralysis of 

 the hind parts, very likely locked jaw, and I have 

 no doubt death in a few hours; but send for 

 Mr. , a professional person some miles off. 



