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if so, and the horse is not of great vahie, I 

 will venture to hazard an Iricism, and 

 assure the owner that the most merciful, 

 certain, and least expensive CURE, will be 

 by instantly cutting his throat, or shooting him 

 throuo'h the head. 



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The first step to be taken is a constant 

 supply of WARM ?nashes, prepared with half 

 malt and half bran ; or equal parts of oafs and 

 bran, with four ounces of honey dissolved in 

 each : let these be given night and morning, 

 with a feed of dry corn every day at noon. 

 During this treatment (which must be con- 

 tinued a week, to sheath the acrimony and 

 soften the rigidity of the skin) give one 

 ounce of sulphur in each mash, and one 

 ounce of nitre in water every night and morn- 

 ing. In a week or ten days, when the frame 

 becomes more invigorated, discontinue the 

 mashes, and let the diet be changed to good 

 oats and ^weet hay ; giving, in the morning 

 and evening feeds, one of the following 

 POWDERS intermixed with the corn, first 

 sprinkled with water : 



Take sulphur and prepared antimony, of each a pound ; 

 rub well together in a mortar, and divide in twent j- 

 four equal parts : 

 VOL. I. K 



