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cramming. Item : take one told of dry ginger and double the 

 quantity of old gur, and mix with five mdsha of bhang ; ^ cram the 

 horse, put on the snaffle,^ and wait to see what God will do. Do 

 not remove the snaffle till the horse has dunged. 



Flatulent Colic. — If the horse is distressed, continually looking 

 round at its flanks or straining (hdnkhnd) as though about to dung, 

 it is suffering from flatulent colic (hddsfd or hd,o-sfil). Remedy: 

 quickly get half a told of garlic aud double that amount of red 

 chillis; pound and give immediately. Item: get a large lump of 

 elephant-dung and mix with an equal quantity of the bark of 

 pipal ; ^ boil and strain, and when cool give by means of a 

 drenching tube.*^ This should quickly ease the gripes {niarord). 



Grass in Intestines. — Should the horse roll, spasmodically 

 flicking its tail, it is a sign that some bit of undigested fodder ^ has 

 stuck in the intestine, causing irritation and pain. Get a quart of 

 hot milk and a pound of clarified butter ; melt the butter and mix 

 with the milk and give by means of the drenching tube. This 

 mixture greases the intestine and releases the obstruction, and the 

 foreign body passes out. There is no better remedy than this — if 

 God grant the cure.^ 



Colic in Wind-Sucker. — A horse addicted to the vice of wind- 

 sucking {dam-pet) ^ may sufl^er from a form of flatulent colic, and roll 

 on the ground. The reason is that after eating it has forgotten to 

 indulge in its habit of wind-sucking. As a remedy, rub gur on the 

 palate. The horse will move its jaws and the gur will dissolve, 

 and this will recall its habit to its mind.^ Item : dissolve five 



1 Bhang or bhang, H., and bang, P., and banj, Ar., the mature leaves 

 of the Indian hemp {Cannabis sativa) ; ganja, the flowering tops of the 

 same, and charas, the resinous substance that exudes from the plant. 



2 The reins are knotted to prevent the horse from eating anything. 



3 Ficus religiosa. 



4 Ndl or nal, and dimin. nail or nail. Natives use a thick hollow 

 bamboo, cut at the end like a pen. 



•'' Patthd, grass, fodder. 



^ This remedy is generally administered as a last resort, as the 

 butter is supposed to prevent the action of any medicine that might be 

 given after it. An experienced veterinary surgeon told the translator 

 that this native remedy was the best remedy he knew for colic. 



' Dam-pet Ic. ; or bad khdnd ; or hawd plnd : "to wind suck." 



s One theory is that the horse has eaten on an inflated stomach after 

 wind-sucking. The gur recalling its vice, induces it to exhale the 

 imprisoned wind. 



