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horfe, without a fear of regurgitation ; a cir- 

 cumilance that very frequently happens to 

 thofe who are little acquainted with the proper 

 mode of operation : and thefe directions will 

 not (to many) appear fo immediately neceffary, 

 unlefs I communicate what will hardly be 

 thought pojjibky but by thofe who know the 

 circumftances to be well authenticated, in my 

 Qwn neighbourhood, where it very lately 

 occurred. 



A valuable horfe, the property of Capt, 



W , having been under a courfe of the 



Pe<5loral Cordial Balls for a fevere cold, eleven 

 had been given without the leaft difficulty ; 

 but in giving the twelfth and laft of the courfe, 

 the fervant not perceiving the ball pafs the gul- 

 let, erroneoufly conceived the ball v/as lodged 

 in the throat, and (ridiculous as it may feem) 

 abfolutely fet moil: manfully to work with half 

 a broom handle to difiodge the ball, till he had 

 fo bruifed and lacerated the furrounding parts, 

 that a violent inflammation enfued, and it was 

 not till after the induftrious efforts of a fort- 

 night, that the poor animal could be pro- 

 nounced out of danger from this nenjo and very 

 extraordinary mode of operation. 



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