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— if he did, a mouthful or two of hay would be little 

 to the purpose — but chewing brings saliva to the 

 mouth, which exercise in hot weather renders un- 

 pleasantly dry. Having consumed his handful or two 

 of hay, if another bowl of water is given him, his 

 thirst will be as completely slaked as it would have 

 been had he been permitted to swallow, with the 

 greediness of thirst, the best part of a bucketful, 

 the effect of which would probably be chill, and 

 not improbably griping. But hunters are not wholly 

 debarred from water even on hunting mornings, 

 though formerly they were so. When hounds hunted 

 at day break, and a horse had been watered over 

 night, he could do very well with only his mouth 

 being, in stable term, "washed out" in the morning ; 

 but when not expected to exert himself before eleven 

 o'clock, a small quantity at six becomes necessary. 

 Even race horses get a little, early in the morning, on 

 the day of running ; but, as I before said, there is 

 little similarity between the treatment necessary for 

 the hunter and race horse, and that of the one only 

 used for road purposes. 



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