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particularly the latter. Depones, That if on opening a horse, he 
tbund a tumour of tlie consistency of a cow’s udder, he should 
consider it of some standing, perhaps two months; thinks it 
might have been formed in a couple of months, or six weeks. 
Depones, that with such a tumour, the horse, if put to regular 
work, would be frequently indisposed, and would not be able to 
perform his work. Depones, that such a tumour might have 
the effect of impeding the fasces, and occasioning the horse 
evident difficulty in voiding his dung. Depones, that in the 
case of a horse dying of intussusception, the bowels would 
generally exhibit appearances of inflammation, but more par¬ 
ticularly at the seat of the disease. Depones, That the state of 
the blood is not invariably to be depended upon as a symptom 
of inflammation, the blood of a healthy horse often having a 
buffy appearance, and that of a horse labouring under acute 
inflammation of the lungs, a red arterial colour. Depones, 
that before inflammation of the bowels could produce death, 
it must be pretty general, and not confined to one particular 
spot. All which is truth, &c. 
ITetrrinatp 
Sevebal practitioners in the metropolis have lately been 
much annoyed by a combination among the journeymen farriers. 
These clubs, which have lately spread over the greater part of 
the kingdom, and pervaded every trade, although founded on an 
excellent principle, namely, to provide a fund for the support of 
worthy members in sickness and old age, have changed with the 
changing character of the times, and are now become instru¬ 
ments of far more mischief than good. They have, most of them, 
fallen under the control of those wild and restless spirits, whose 
aim seems to be to destroy all distinction of situation and rank ; 
and, under the imposing name of the maintenance of just rights 
and liberties, to encroach upon and overthrow the rights of 
others, and render their masters their slaves. The journeymen 
farriers of the metropolis seem to be preparing to take their share 
in the w’ork of insubordination and injustice to their employers. 
In addition to the fund which they raised for the support of the. 
sick, and of those who were out of employment, they have lately 
adopted certain rules for their own government, which are ex¬ 
ceedingly unjust and injurious towards their employers. 
Our customers in town have long complained that the price of 
shoeing has not fallen with the price of every thing else; and 
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