ROWELLING. 1261 



This I am tbe inore rcadily induced to 

 do, by the ineessant insertion of rowels and 

 administration of drinks, by parties so con- 

 fessedly ignorant tbey can never assign the 

 least reason for the operative success of one, 

 or the expected medical rehef from the 

 other. It is not long since 1 became an ac- 

 cidental spectator to a case of great danger 

 and almost immediate dissolution, when the 

 horse was in the slings nearly exhausted, 

 with only a few hours to live ; and w^as con- 

 sequently very much surprized to hear a 

 farrier of fashionable local eminence, ear- 

 nestly reconimei](J an attempt to proceed 

 to the insertion of a multiplicity of rowels, 

 [that were however not permitted by the 

 owner) ; when the horsje was inevitably 

 doomed to death long before the rowels 

 could have token any other effect, than in 

 their consequent inflammation, (previous to 

 maturation) to have increased his misery and 

 rendered his last moments the more excru- 

 ciating. However, if the owner had goik 

 sented, the operations w^ould have been per- 

 formed, and tlie reward expected, conse- 

 quently some purpose answered. 



