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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.— Hor. 
Of Warranty , and the Defects constituting Unsoundness in Do¬ 
mestic Animals . By J. B. Huzard, Jun . V.S. 
Much has been said on the subject of “ Soundness;” yet all 
has not been said that so important a matter seems to demand; 
and nothing has yet been said concerning the opinions of our 
continental brethren. 
The above is the title of a neat, and altogether a clever little 
work enough, on the subject, by young Huzard, the son of the 
Inspector Huzard; from which our present intention is, to present 
our readers with a few abbreviated extracts, such as are of a cha¬ 
racter to cast any light upon what has, of late, so engaged the 
attention of some of the best informed veterinarians of our own 
country. 
ic In commerce, of whatever description, disputes will occa¬ 
sionally arise, either regarding the conditions of sale, or the good 
or bad qualities of the merchandize. In respect to the latter, 
a purchaser who has been long in possession of an article, is 
expected to be perfectly acquainted with the condition of that 
article ; while a buyer, who has had but a transitory inspection 
of it, or may even have made his purchase without seeing it at all, 
upon the faith of representations or pledges, subjects himself to 
deception from the knavery, or perhaps the improvidence of the 
vender.” 
“ In the purchase of animals , in particular, it is that a person 
runs such risks. Often it turns out, that an animal, to appear¬ 
ance in a state of perfect soundness, harbours some vice or 
malady which the most practised eye, unaided by veterinary 
skill, cannot detect; nay, there are parallel circumstances in 
which the most skilful veterinarian is at a loss ; and sometimes 
the vender even is ignorant of their existence, having himself 
been deceived : how much more likely, then, is that person to be 
beguiled who is neither a veterinarian nor a dealer, but simply a 
purchaser in want of the animal.” 
The Daws of Sale and Warranty in France 
Run as follow :— 
“ Art. 1. The vender (providing he gives a warranty), is held 
responsible for all unapparent defects that may render the vended 
article unfit for the required purposes, or so diminish that fitness 
