VI PREFACE. 



fiom another ; whilst the physician and surgeorf 

 have not only the knowledge of the ancients, the- 

 more recent improvements of the moderns, but 

 also the information of rational beings, gifted with 

 the advantage of speech. 



In looking; into mo^t of the works which have 

 appeared on Farriery, I find that more attention 

 has been paid to criticism and scurrility, than im-. 

 provement : and though in different hands the 

 subject has been drefsed in different language; yet 

 on examining their contents, I find the authors to 

 be merely plagiarists of each other. 



As the Veterinarian has only symptoms, by 

 which he can be led to distinguish the disease, I 

 have been very particular on that important part ; 

 made it my principal study in a very exten- 

 sive practice : and I Hatter myself, that the practi- 

 tioner will, in general, tind my statements ac- 

 curate. 



In this work I have been as concise and brief as 



pofsible, by leaving out all matter foreign to- the 



subject, and confining myself to the statement of 



; yet at the same time omitting nothing in 



my power which may tend to instruct and improve ;• 



