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his water for weeks^ together ; had received 

 the farrier's operative contribution of a rowel \ 

 and, to sum up the total of empirical spe- 

 culation, and to verify the vulgar adage of 

 '' the more cooksy* &c. the messenger (who 

 was the commanding officer of the stabu- 

 larian department) confidentially in- 

 trusted me with a secret remedy of his own 

 he had privately adopted ; the propriety and 

 safety of which appUcation, he did not at 

 all doubt but I should applaud, as it was, in 

 general, a perfect cure for bad eyes of every 

 ki?id ; and was np more than ** two ounces 

 OF BLUE vitriol dissolvcd in a quart of 

 spring water, with which the eyes were to be 

 well washed every nioht and mornincr/* 

 Whatever may be my inclination, however 

 highly I may be again disposed to animad- 

 vert upon these acts of desperation or madness, 

 (for so I must be permitted to term them) 

 I sha,ll here drop the curtain upon the in- 

 vincible ignorance and cruelty of this prac- 

 tice; referring tlie reader to various parts of 

 the former volume, where he v/ill be am- 

 ply furnished with observations at large, 

 perfectly applicable to the mode of treat- 



