befen found highly ueeftil in !rec6verin<y Horses froirt a ^atc of great 

 weakness, after fleveix? diseases ; and it is a common custom in India, 

 to boil a pulse of that country, called Gram, along with animal food, 

 which they mix with ghee (that is, clarified butter) and spices, and, 

 blending the whole together, gite the mass in the form of balls, to 

 such debilitated Horses, as they wish to bring into the highest state 

 of condition and vigour. And this plan of treatment, lam informed 

 on good authority, is found to answer the desired purpose. There 

 have been instances, also, where eg^ have been given largely to 

 valuable Horses, where their fattening nutritious property has been 

 decidedly and unequivocally proved. The practice, indeed, of giving 

 eggs to entire Horses, with the view of assisting the generative 

 faculty, is by no means uncommon ; and is said to be attended with the 

 desired effect. And in some parts df North America, it is customary 

 with the poor Cottagers, to mix animal broths along with vegetables, 

 in the winter, in order to make up for the scanty supply of the latter^ 

 as food for their cattle, in that rigorous climate. 



Taking, therefore, all these circumstances into consideration, I think 

 there can be no doubt, that under the pressure of extreme scarcity. 

 Horses might be brought to derive advantage from animal food, as well 

 as oxen and other animals, which is, in fact, all that I am at present con- 

 tending for. It is notorious, moreover, that in very rigorous climates and 

 seasons, great numbers of Horses as well as other cattle, are known to 

 perish for want of food, and the same thing takes place, occasionally, 

 in Camps and besieged places, solely on account of a deficiency in the 

 means of subsisting them. Now, as these extremities are usually 

 foreseen in part, I think there can be no manner of question that the 

 full amount of such calamities, might always be prevented, by killing- 



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