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■<5n by a flannel bandage moderately tight. The tail 

 should be suspended by the pulley until it is per- 

 fectly healed, care being taken that the pulley will 

 run easily from right to left, and vice versa, else the 

 tail might be kept inclining too much to one side. 



' Bartlet invented a machine for suspending the 

 tail without the use of a pulley. It consisted of a 

 kind of saddle, or pad, with a groove in it, from 

 which a cord passed to the tail so as to draw it up- 

 wards over the horse's back. 



' This machine, with considerable improvements, 

 is used by Mr. Goodwin, at Carlton-house stables, 

 and with great success. It is certainly the safest 

 mode of securing the tail from accidents ; but it is 

 liable to one objection, which is, that it prevents the 

 horse from lying down during the whole time of its 

 being used, and which may generally be calculated 

 at a fortnight or three weeks from the time of per- 

 forming the operation.' 



In case the tail should swell and discharge a large 

 quantity of matter, it will be proper to take some 

 blood from the horse, and to give him a few of the 

 following diuretic balls : 



Yellow resin, - - - 3 ounces. 



Nitre powdered, _ _ 3 ounces. 



Venice turpentine, - - 3 ounces. 



I^iquorice powder, - - 3 ounces. 



Ginger, - - - - 3 ounces. 



Castile soap, _ - - 4 ounces. 



Oil of juniper, - . - l ounce. 



With honey or treacle suflicient to make it into a 

 mass for balls. Each baU to weigh two ounces. 



71. Cropping. 



Taste and fashion have introduced another opera- 

 tion, by which the ears of horses are changed from 

 their natural shape and size, to those which are con- 



