The PRE FACE. 



And therefore, that we might avoid thefe Incon- 

 veniencies, we have in our Anatomical Part wholly 

 ftudied the Benefit of fuch as are unacquainted with 

 the Subjeft, having defcrib'd all the Farts of a Horfe, 

 with their feveral Ufes, in as fhort and concife a Man- 

 ner as pofTible, and at the fame time omitted nothing 

 that is abfolutely material ; and we have not only 

 rectified feveral Miftakes in Mr. Snape^ but have 

 added many Things from the modern Difcoveries, 

 which are not to be met with in that Author, and 

 which are very neceffary to the Knowledge of Dif- 

 eafes. Neither need we make any Apology for the 

 hard Appellations of fome of the Mufcles, other than 

 what Mr. S'na-pe has already done, ziz. That whereas 

 moft of them have the fame Ufe with thofe of the 

 human Body, he therefore thought it prudent to re- 

 tain the fame Names, believing it would be too af- 

 fuming in him to impofe others. 



The Figures of the feveral Parts, are by all own'd 

 fo neceffary, that we need not fay any thing to recom- 

 mend them, they being conftant Helps, not only to 

 thofe who are Strangers to the Subjedl, but alio to 

 fuch as are acquainted therewith •, and tho' we are 

 in this refpeCt chiefly indebted to the Induflry of 

 Mr. Snapey as he was to Ruini, for many of them, 

 yet we doubt not of Approbation in the Choice we 

 have made, as v/e have not any that are ufelefs, but 

 fuch as are of moft Importance. 



As to our Treatife of Difeafes, it is partly the 

 Refult of fome Obfervations that were made while 

 I attended the Army, and partly of fome that have 

 been made fince ; during which time, we have care» 

 fully taken notice of all thofe things, both in Books 

 and in Practice, that were the chief Hindrances to 

 the Advancement of the Farrier's Art ; and what 

 Steps we have taken to put it upon a better Foot- 

 ing, will be judged reafonable by fuch as have pe- 

 sukdMr. Sna'^e' sBook^ efpecially thofe ihort Digref- 



fions. 



