VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 545 
Mr. King said he would not go into the matter of the speci- 
mens, but would leave Mr. Edlin to do so if he pleased. 
Examination continued — The navicular disease is one of 
slow growth and it must have existed before the 19th of May. 
The windgalls were also of long standing; the navicular 
disease is a proof of unsoundness and is incurable. 
Cross-examined — Witness did not find all the horses he 
examined unsound ; he gave more certificates of soundness 
than unsoundness ; the navicular disease did not arise from 
a sudden concussion ; he did not agree with the book which 
described it to be so ; it could not have been written by a 
practitioner. 
Mr. King — No ; it was written by a barrister. 
Mr. Edlin — Did not Baron Martin examine you from a 
book ? 
Witness — No, I would not allow 7 him to do so ; he mangled 
the evidence of several others, but I would not allow him to 
mangle mine. — (Laughter.) 
Mr. Edlin — I believe you agree wdth no books on the 
subject ? 
Witness — Yes, I do, but not when they are written by 
those w'ho are not practitioners, and w T ho know nothing 
about w hat they w r rite. 
Mr. Edlin having briefly addressed the Court, called 
The defendant, w ho deposed that the plaintiff had wished 
to purchase the mare for a long time ; defendant lent the 
plaintiff his mare for a trial, and he drove her into Bristol ; 
on that day the van was so loaded that the defendant w r as 
afraid to go in it, and said if the harness were to break it 
would be all up ; there were sixteen persons in the van ; 
defendant and plaintiff were at the Castle and Ball on the 
18th May, and some conversation took place between them 
respecting the mare; he did not warrant her, but he believed 
he did say the mare w r as sound ; did not make use of the 
word w arrant at all ; did not say he w r ould give a written 
warranty if plaintiff w 7 as not satisfied; on the 19th May, at 
the Tennis Court, plaintiff said, “ You’ll warrant the mare?” 
to which defendant replied, “No; you have had her and 
tried her, and know as much about her as myself plaintiff 
wished to give him the money for the mare, but defendant 
told him he had better come up to his house; he did so, and 
then plaintiff wrote something on the paper which was read 
by defendant’s w ife, and defendant, when he knew what it 
was, refused to sign it ; he had never at any time warranted 
the mare ; defendant had seen plaintiff driving the mare into 
Bristol ; he sometimes had a horse to help him up the hill, 
but often not. 
XXX. 
72 
