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NEW VIEWS REGARDING ROARERS. 
most intimately acquainted with every minute shade of his roar- 
ing complaint whilst he remained a living instance. 
I commenced by testing him for roaring after the usual manner. 
His cough was most agreeably conclusive, viz. gross, and in- 
variably preceded by a short groan ; and upon sudden alarm, or 
striking his side with a stick, he responded with that charac- 
teristic grunt not to be misunderstood ; his respiration while 
quiescent was perfectly regular. 
Upon being saddled, for he was the riding size, he carried me 
cheerfully and admirably in his slow paces, except for the stiff- 
ness behind. 
I then trotted him up to the rate of ten miles an hour, before 
I became confirmed in my judgment by his noisy respiration 
the* t he was really a roarer; but at this pace he possessed the 
power of continuance on the flat equal to a sound horse, with 
the exception of the noise as a nuisance. In the gallop, how- 
ever, he told tales immediately, and the noise increased exactly in 
the ratio as the pace was accelerated ; yet he could maintain the 
pace upon a level surface without coughing, and without giving 
the rider the sensation of his wanting to stop. The degree of 
noise in his slow gallop may be estimated by comparing it with 
the peculiar sound produced by a couple of sawyers at work a 
short field off ; but upon galloping at the top of his speed, the 
degree of roaring and obstruction may be well conceived when 
I tell you, that the good people in the Regent’s Park stopped 
short with surprise at the apparent act of cruelty committed. I 
then returned home, perfectly satisfied that I was about to in- 
spect a gem in its way. 
Post-mortem examination . — The grey gelding was pole-axed 
by an expert knacker. His nostrils were well formed and ca- 
pacious ; he was aged, but not very old ; about fifteen hands 
and a-half high, and better than half-bred. 
The hide was removed from the chin to the abdomen; his 
heart and lungs were perfect specimens of health ; the diaphragm 
was sound and fleshy; the liver, and all the contents of the ab- 
domen, were in the highest health. 
Upon removing the trachea and oesophagus, with the tongue 
attached, all the muscular tissue around the larynx appeared 
beautifully developed and vigorous ; the capacity of the larynx 
natural, and the configuration of the windpipe bold and capa- 
cious. 
A longitudinal incision was now made from the larynx 
throughout the trachea to its first bifurcation in the lungs, 
without the slightest trace of any obstructing medium ; the lining 
