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out such a cripple, " Oh, he will go well enough 



when he gets warm ;" probably he may, but how will 



he feel when he gets cool ? might be asked. This 



is a point neither master nor man either think or 



care about ; but I will tell how the horse will 



feel : about as the reader would, if compelled to 



walk, stand, and run all day in a pair of wooden 



shoes, and those far too small for him ; to this may 



possibly be added a spavined hock, the pain of which 



I will describe. It is similar, on first starting, to what 



a man would feel if the fluid that lubricates the 



joint of the knee, was dried up, and the bones, in a 



state of inflammation, grated on each other. Still, 



in such a state are unfortunate animals often made 



to work. I saw such a case not long ago. 



Another case of barbarity I saw about to take 

 place very lately. I observed a cab for hire, 

 starting from the owner's stables in the morning ; 

 the horse refused to face the collar, and a man was 

 at each hind wheel, shoving the carriage after him. 

 I suspected the cause, as the horse showed no indi- 

 cation of restiveness ; I ordered the fellow to stop ; 



