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quadrupeds. 
[ Clafs I. 
But dill, many of our tame animals muft 
by accident endure the rigor of the feafon : 
to prevent which inconvenience their feet (for 
the extremities fuffer firft by cold) are pro- 
tedded by ftrong hoofs of a horny fub(lance. 
The tail too is guarded with long bulhy 
hair that prote&s it in both extremes of wea¬ 
ther , during the rammer it ferves by its pli¬ 
ancy and agility, to brufli off the fwarms of 
infeas, which are perpetually attempting ei¬ 
ther to (ling them, or to depofit their eggs in 
the reclum , the fame length of hair contri¬ 
butes to guard them from the cold m winter. 
Thus is the horfe provided againft the two 
greateft evils he is (ubjedl to from tne feaions . 
his natural difeafes are few; but our ill ufage, 
or neglea, or what is very frequent our over 
care of him, bring on a numerous train, which 
are often fatal. Among the diftempers he is 
naturally fubjea to, are the worms, the bots, 
and the (lone: the fpecies of worms that infeft 
him are the luwbrici, and aj'caridcs , ootn 
thefe refemble thofe found in human bodies, 
only larger: the bots are the eructc, or 
caterpillars of the oeftrus, or gad-fly: thefe 
are found both in the reElum , and in the fto- 
mach, and when in the latter bring on convul- 
fions, that often terminate in death, 
* 
The (lone is a difeafe the horfe is not fre¬ 
quently fubjedl to j yet we have feen two ex¬ 
amples of it, the one in a horfe near High- 
wycombe, that voided fixteen calculi , each of 
an inch and a half diameter; the other was of 
a (lone taken out of the bladder of a hone, 
and depofited in the cabinet of the late Dr. 
Mead', weighing eleven ounces. Thefe (lones 
are formed of feveral crufts, each very fmooth 
and gloffy ; their form triangular ; but their 
edges rounded, as if by collifion againft each 
other. 
The all-wife Creator hath finely limited 
the feveral fervices of domeftic animals to¬ 
wards the human race } and ordered that the 
parts of fuch, which in their lives have been 
the mod ufeful, (hould after death contribute 
the left to our benefit. The only ufes that 
the exuviae of the horfe can be applied to, 
are for collars, traces, and other parts of the 
harnefs ; and thus, even after death, he pre- 
ferves fome analogy with his former employ. 
The hair of the mane is of ufe L in making 
wigs 5 of the tail in making the bottoms of 
chairs, floor-cloths, and cords ; and to the 
angler in making lines. 
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