552 SCOURING. 



cumstance, and promote it by every possible 

 means, assisting for three or six mornings 

 with one of the foUoAving restorative stomachic 

 balls. 



THE RESTORATIVE BALL. 



Take Venice treacle half an ounce ; Peruvian bark six 

 drachms; Columbo root and camomile flowers (in 

 powder) of each two drachms ; oil of carraways 

 five-and-twenty drops ; honey sufficient to make 

 the ball. 



If the horse should be very much reduced 

 in flesh, continue weak in body and ap- 

 petite, forming the appearance of general 

 debilitation, let the frame be universally as- 

 sisted, and the cure completed by a dozen of 

 the balls prescribed (p. 209) ; giving one 

 every morning, either in the state there di- 

 rected, or dissolved in a sufficient portion of 

 gruel. 



MOLTEN GREASE 



Is a disorder produced in general by too 

 great, sudden, or powerful exertions, when 

 a horse is no^: in proper condition : as strong 

 and severe hunting, long and speedy jour- 

 neys, or hard driving in carriages, when first 



