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w to'kifow a I will now inform you how for certain 

 goodlyTfrom vou mav know whether a horse has a strong 



a weak one. i Ti i 



and good eye, or a weak eye, and hkely to 

 go bUnd. People in general turn a horse's 

 head to a bright hght to examine his eyes. 

 You can know very little, by this method, 

 what sort of an eye the horse has, unless 

 it be a very defective one. You must ex- 

 amine the eye first, when the horse stands 

 w ith his head to the manger. Look care- 

 fully at the pupil of the eye in a horse ; it 

 is of an oblong form : carry the size of the 

 pupil in your mind, then turn the horse 

 about, bring him to a bright light, and if) 

 in the bright light, the pupil of the eye 

 contracts, and appears much smaller than 

 it was in the darker light, then you may 

 be sure the horse has a strong, good eye ; 

 but, provided the pupil remains nearly of 

 the same size as it appeared in the darker 

 light, the horse has a weak eye ; therefore 

 have nothing to do with him. There are- 

 contracting and dilating muscles in the 

 eye, which will plainly shew you, provided 

 you follow my instructions, in what state 



