CHEST-POUNDER (CHHATI-BAND OR SINA-BAND) 25 



seeds of Khurasan} mango-ginger,^ and bhainsiyd gogul,^ with 

 8 ozs. of mal-hangnl,^ and an equal quantity of garlic ; add 

 2 ozs. each of burnt alum, burnt borax, and lot sajjl ; ^ pound and 

 mix the whole; then add 2 lbs. of old gur and make into 

 sixteen pills. Grive one pill every morning and evening. While 

 adopting this remedy, the horse should be stinted of its grain and 

 water.^ If you wish to water the horse, first heat the water by 

 plungiag in a red-hot iron. I have frequently tested this receipt 

 and so pass it on. Item : get 2 lbs. of the yellow myrobalan ''' 

 and pound well in a mortar j take half a told of good sulphate of 

 copper, pound, and mix all together with vinegar ; make into forty 

 pills, and give one pill every morning and evening. 



Journey in Hot Weather. — On a journey, a horseman must 

 be careful how he waters and feeds his horse. If the weather is 

 hot, he must reduce its grain ; if cold, its water. 



Should he have to make a march in the hot weather, he should 

 water his horse as frequently as he can; and whenever he finds 

 sufficient water he should bathe it also, even though it be dripping 

 with sweat. Should water be scarce, he should at least bathe the 

 horse^s eyes, and its sheath and testicles, and he should also 

 sprinkle water on its forehead and face. On reaching the halting- 

 place he should give pounded salt and dtd mixed, two tolas' weight 

 of each. On a journey, in the hot weather, a wise man reduces the 

 grain-feed to a fourth, as this keeps the horse in better wind. If it 

 loses flesh by having its grain cut, do not be distressed ; but make 

 up the deficiency of grain in the cold weather. 



Journey in Cold Weather. — On the march during the cold 

 weather, give the following^: — One told of alum and the same 

 quantity of turmeric, pounded and mixed with 8 ozs. of gur ; give 

 by hand, by cramming. 



1 Vide note 4, p. 23. 



- Vide note 3, p. 24. 



3 Vide note 5, p. 24. 



■* Seed of the black oil -plant {Gelastrus paniculata). 



^ Lot sajjl, a pure form of sajjl. In the " Farhang-i Asaflya " it is 

 said to be red in colour. 



® Wale rakh ddne aur pdnl Icl tu qayd ; an ambiguous phrase, which 

 might also mean, " be careful in giving the usual feeds regularly." 



7 Jawd-har. 



^ On arrival at destination. 



