PEEFACE. 



The following pages contain the substance of four lectures, 

 delivered during the present year at the Army Veterinary 

 School in Aldershot, and are printed at special request. 

 They were composed for the use of veterinary surgeons and 

 other officers, who, although well acquainted with the manage- 

 ment of horses in the British Islands, must necessarily be at 

 a disadvantage when first placed in charge of them in a 

 different country, where the food, methods of sheltering, and 

 climate are very different from those at home. 



Considerable numbers of horses in India are annually lost 

 or rendered inefficient through causes which might be avoided ; 

 and the author, having served in that country twelve years, 

 admits that, for some time after arriving there, his own want 

 of local knowledge prevented him from adopting many pre- 

 cautions which subsequent experience showed to be advisable-, 

 for preserving horses in the fullest health and vigour. 



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