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the mallows over night. The other instance was 

 this : I had a pig: indeed it was a large and valua- 

 ble hog, that had been gored by the sharp horn of a 

 cow. It had been in this state two days before I 

 knew of the accident, and had eaten nothing. My 

 men had given it up for lost. I had the hog caught 

 and held down. The gore was in the side, and so 

 large and deep that I could run my finger in be- 

 yond the ribs. 1 poured in the liquor in which the 

 mallows had been stewed, and rubbed the side well 

 with it besides. The next day the hog got up and 

 began to eat. I had him caught again ; but, upon 

 examining the wound I found it so far closed up 

 that I did not think it right to disturb it. 1 bathed 

 the side over again ; and in two days the hog was 

 turned out, and was running about along with the 

 rest. Now, a person must be almost criminally 

 careless not to make provision of this herb. Mine 

 was nearly two years old when I made use of it 

 upon the last mentioned occasion. It is found 

 every where^ by the sides of the highway, and 

 therefore may be come at and possessed without 

 either trouble or expence. A good handful ought 

 to be well boiled and stewed in about a pint of 

 M^ater, till it comes perhaps to half a pint. It surely 

 is worth while, especially for mothers of families, to 

 be provided with a thing like this, which is at once 

 so safe and so efficacious. If the use of this weed 

 were generally adopted, the art and mystery of 

 healing wounds, and of curing sprains, swellings, 

 and other external maladies, would very quickly be 

 reduced to an unprofitable trade.' 



140. llie flatulent Colic 



In travelling with a crib-biting horse, or one that 

 is often attacked with the flatulent or spasmodic 

 colic, it will be proper always to have ready the fol- 

 lowing, viz. 



