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growing which the witness observed of the guts to the kidneys, 
when the horse was opened, was not the consequence of previous 
inflammation ? Depones, That in his opinion it was not. Inter¬ 
rogated, From what other cause the growth or growing proceeded? 
Depones, That he can give no cause for it, as he never saw such 
a growth before. Interrogated, If growings upon the kidneys or 
adhesion of the parts do not generally proceed from inflamma¬ 
tion ? Depones, That from the growth which he saw upon the 
horse when opened, he does not consider it to have arisen from 
previous inflammation. Interrogated, and desired to describe 
the nature of the growth spoken to ? Depones, That the nature 
of the growth was of a pretty large substance, as large as his 
foot, and of a firm substance. Interrogated, Whether the grow¬ 
ing was attached to the kidneys, or if there was an adhesion of 
the small guts to the kidneys ? Depones, That the growing was 
attached to the back, and extended down to the anus, as before 
deponed to. Interrogated, If it was from the size of the growing 
alone that the witness considered it of long standing ? Depones, 
That it was from the size, firmness, and growing, that it was of 
long standing. Interrogated, If, on inspection, he found any in¬ 
flammation in the kidneys? Depones, That he found no inflam¬ 
mation of the kidneys; but from the extension of the growth he 
considered that the cause of the horse’s death. Interrogated, If 
the growing was of itself sufficient to cause death, without inflam¬ 
mation and mortification? Depones, That, in his opinion, he 
considers so, and that these growings could have caused death 
without inflammation or mortification. Interrogated, If a horse 
having the growing of the intestines, such as described by the 
witness, [could] have a healthy appearance, and perform his 
work without difficulty ? Depones, That he may do so, but with 
some difficulty, and have a healthy appearance. Interrogated, 
If, when a horse is diseased in his inwards, it has not a consider¬ 
able effect on his hair and the general spirts ? Depones, That it 
has. Interrogated, If, before he prescribed for the horse, he was 
told that he had had difficulty in dunging ? Depones, That he 
was not, and never saw the horse until he was called on. Being 
specially interrogated, and desired to say. If the growth so often 
spoken to did not originally proceed from inflammation ? De¬ 
pones, That it did not, in the deponent’s opinion. Interrogated, 
If in place of a growth it was not rather an adhesion of the parts 
the witnes's observed on the horse’s intestines? Depones, That 
these growths were the cause of the horse’s death, and he is sa-^ 
tisfied they were growths: that there were two grow'ings in the 
horse’s inside—one on the lungs, and the other extended down¬ 
wards ; and, in his opinion, any one of them was sufficient to 
