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°f, as unsuitable to the purposes of their owner: whatevergood properties they may possess, their constitution, or pre-vious habits, render them ill adapted to endure the labourwhich he requires of them.

Horses are often afflicted with a cold, which, though nota dangerous disorder in itself, is frequently the cause of suchas are the most virulent and mortal. Bleeding, laxative me-dicines and emollient glysters ought to be resorted to as soonas the complaint appears, for there is danger of an inflamma-tion of the lungs and consumption, and by neglect a commoncold may terminate in confirmed glanders.

Hard-worked horses, fed too abundantly with oats, areapt to swell in the heels, during winter, when they are longconfined to the stable. Corn or fodder of a bad qualitywill produce the same effect. This is called the grease. If aremedy is not speedily applied, the swelling extends upwards,and matter begins to ooze from different parts of the heel; theanimal falls off in condition; and when led from the stable ina morning, walks for a time with great difficulty. The legsshould be well rubbed and washed with soap-suds and cham-berlee; and if the swelling still continues, poultices must beapplied to reduce it, and promote a discharge. The best pre-ventive is to give horses a proportion of potatoes, Swedishturnips, or boiled barley along with dry food; and the mosteffectual cure is, to keep them through the night in fold-yards,with sheds attached, under which they may take shelter atpleasure. Some farmers have long been in the practice,whenever there was any appearance of grease, of turningtheir horses out of the stable, after they were fed in the even-ing, taking off the stable door, and allowing them to go be-tween it and the fold-yard; in both of which places, racksare filled with hay or straw, for their use during the night.

It were easy to enlarge this article to almost any size, byextracting from veterinary works, a description of the nume-rous diseases of horses, and of the modes of treatment; butthis would be as improper as it is altogether unnecessary. It