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teries, ^c. and is alfo porous for the Paflage of Sweat, or 

 other perfpirable Matter, which is feparated from a vaft 

 number of little Glands, which lie on the Infide of it ; 

 and as the Scarfskin is a Defence to the Hide, fo the Hide 

 is a Defence to thofe other Parts which lie under it. 



Underneath the Skin is plac'd the fleftiy ^, - ^ 

 Pannicle, which is mufcular, and helps to '^^^PJ^y ^^«- 

 draw the Skin into Wrinkles, by which ""^ ^' 

 means a Horfe throws off the Duft, Flies, op other Things 

 that hurt him. It is alfo nourifli'd with its proper Veins 

 and Arteries, i^c. and befides its peculiar Ufes, it ierves, in 

 concert with the Skin, to defend the Body from external 

 Injuries, viz. by keeping it warm in Winter, and prevent- 

 ing a too great Exhalation of the Spirits in hot Weather. 



§. II. Of the Fat and common Membrane of the Mufeles. 



Befides thefe Teguments abovemention'd, <^^^ ^^^ 

 there is the Fat^ and common Membrane 

 of the Mufeles. The Fat which lies between the flefliy 

 Pannicle and the faid Membrane, is diftinguifh'd from 

 that which covers the Caul, by its oilinefs, and is faid to 

 be generated of the more unclious Particles of the Blood, 

 working thro' the VelTels, and detain'd there by the clofe- 

 nefs of the faid Pannicle. It is not one continu'd Covering 

 in Horfes, as in Bullocks, and Tome other Animals, but 

 chiefly fills up the Interftices of the Mufeles externally, 

 and is not only a Defence, as the other Teguments are, 

 but ferves to make a Horfe look plump, fmooth, and 

 beautiful. How far it is capable of being again converted 

 into Nourifhment, I fhall not offer here to determine. 



As to the Membrane of the Mufeles, n-^^ ^^^^ ^ 

 which is the innermoft of all the common Membrane If 

 Teguments, it is faid to take its Origin theMufdes. 

 from the Back; and fpreading itfelf all 

 over the Body, is knit to their proper Coats by a great 

 number of fmall Fibres, yet not fo clofely as to hinder 

 their Adion : It is in a Horfe confiderably thick, and 

 ferves to ftrengthen and confirm all the Mufeles in their 

 proper Situation, and to be a Capfula, or Cafe, to defend 

 ihem from Injuries. 



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