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being pressed to say how great a duration “soon” represented, he re- 
joined ‘about six weeks, perhaps.” 
Three months afterward, however, the horse was once more brought 
with “watery eye,” and again operation was successful. The proprie- 
tor then received back and soon sold the creature, which being past the 
age when horses are most valuable, seemed likely to become an expen- 
sive retainer. 
