S8 PHYSIC, &c. 



tke qualities^ so as to be selected by the jad^- 

 ment of the reader, according to the state of 

 strength and foulness the subject may be in ; 

 and are so carefully guarded with warm aro- 

 matics, that the operation will (by a strict ad- 

 herence to the following RULES) in general 

 proceed without the least alarm or danger. 

 The BALL being given early in the morning, 

 let it be washed down with a quart of water 

 slightly warm, to take of the nausea as much 

 as possible : leave in his rack a little sweet 

 hay ; and, in about three hours after, give a 

 warm mash of scalded bran, contain inii one 

 fourth of oats ; upon which let the water be 

 poured boiling hot, and stand a proper time 

 to cool before it is put itito the manger ; as, 

 by placirjg it there too hot, the fumes pro- 

 duce an antipathy which the horse does not 

 easily get over; on the contrary, by touch- 

 ing the mash^ and being burnt, will not be 

 prevailed upon to attempt it in future. In 

 case of a fixed aversion to mashes a feed of 

 BRAN may be given at the stated periods, in 

 which may be mixed one quart of ground 

 OATMEAL. Water proportionally warm may 

 be given him to the quantity of half a pail 

 thrice in the day ; and let his mash be re- 



