<56 The ParrierV New Guide. Chap. XXr 



2^ or Siti nor Bridles can his Rage rejl rainy 

 And rugged Rocks are interposed in vain ; 

 He males his Way o'er Mountains^ and contemns 

 Unruly Torrents, and unforded Streams. 



Dryden'i Virg. Georg. Bool III, 

 Sutfar above the refi, the furious Mare, 

 Sarr'dfrcm the Male, is Frantick with Defpair : 

 For zvhen her pouting Vent declares her Pain, 

 She tears her Harnefs, andjhe rends the Rein : 

 For this when Venus gave them Rage and Pow*ry \ 



Their Mafters majigled Members they devour ^ > 



Of Love defrauded in their longing Hour, Ibid. J 



CHAP. XX. 



Of the Difeafes of the Eyes, 



THere are no Difeafes whereunto Hor fes are more liable, 

 than thofe that happen to the Eyes, the Reafon of 

 which will not be very difficult to any who is acquaint- 

 ed with the Oeconomy of a Horfe, but particularly with 

 the Struilure and Mechanifm of the Eye, which is fuch a 

 tender Part, and fo fenfible to the Touch, that the leaft . 

 Foreign Matter from without, as a Grain of Sand, or a 

 little Dull, will put any Creature into exquifite Pain, and 

 the leaft Determination of Blood and Spirits from within, 

 more than ought to come into thofe Parts by the common 

 Courfeof Circulation, will have the fame Effed:. But 

 ■when we confider the natural Adivity of a Horfe, and 

 that the common Service requir'd of him expofes him more 

 to Heats and Colds, and to all Manner of Fatigue and 

 Toil, than any other Creature ; and that of Coni'equence 

 he is render'd more liable to Sicknefs, and fuch as is of the 

 •worft Kind, he muft therefore be more fubjed to Infirmities 

 of the Eyes, and fuch as without a great deal of Care will 

 be apt to end in abfolute Blindnels. 



V^/' Direafes of ^°^^ ^^^ ^^^^ Difcafes of the Eyes proceed 

 the Eyes proceed ^^^^^^^ ^''^"^ external Caules, fuchasWounds, 

 either from ex- Briiifes, Duft, or Other foreign matter getting 

 ternalor inter- within the Eyelids ; or from internal Caufes, 

 jial Caufes, or fucli as are the Effect of Sicknels, or any In- 

 fromanillCon- diipolition of the Blood. And laftjy, A 

 formation of Horfe may be render'd obnoxious to Difeafes 

 the Eyes, ■ ^^ 



