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quired for foals. A horfe, to be ufeful, mult 

 have aflion, although many are bred almoft 

 without. In animals defigned for feeding on- 

 ly, the more docile and tame they are, the bet< 

 ter : they do notfland in need of exercife; for 

 that would wade their fiefh. But nothing is 

 more conducive to the health of man, or horfe, 

 than exercife s and this maxim will be found to 

 apply to children and foals. Exercife increafes 

 the circulation of the blood, ftrengthens and 

 invigorates the mufcles, promotes a regular 

 perfpiration, accelerates the animal fpirits, fa- 

 cilitates their diftribution through the minuted: 

 parts of the fyftem, creates an appetite, and 

 afllfts digeftion. A foal brought up in a liable, 

 would be like young mafter kept under the 

 eye of his mother in the nurfery until he were 

 eight or nine years old. At the years of ma- 

 turity horfe and man v^^ould be good for no- 

 thing. 



When winter is overan^ the grafs begins ta 

 grow, the foals fhould be turned into fome dry 

 ground, where it is fweet and fhort, and where 

 there is good wholefome water, that they may 

 drink at pleafure. By having this attention 



paid 



