EXERCISE. 239 



his water for weeks together; had received 

 the farrier's operative contribution of a rowel i 

 and, to fum up the total of empirical fpe- 

 culation, and to verify the vulgar adage of 

 '' the more cools ^ &c.'* the meffenger (who 

 was the commanding officer of the ftabularian 

 department) confidentially entrufted me 

 with a Jecret remedy of his own he had 

 privately 2idoptQd ; ** the propriety and fafcty 

 of which application, he did not at all doubt 

 but I Ihould applaud, as it was, in general, 

 a perfect; cure for bad eyes of every kind y 

 and was no more than tvvtg ounces of 

 BLUE VITRIOL diffolvcd in a quart of fpring 

 water y with which the eyes were to be well 

 wafhed every night and morning." What- 

 ever may be my inclination, however highly 

 1 may be again difpofed to animadvert 

 upon thefe acls of defperation or madnefsy 

 (for fo I muft be permitted to term them) 

 I fhall here drop the curtain upon the in- 

 vincible ignorance and cruelty of this prac- 

 tice ; referring the reader to various parts of 

 the former volume, where he will be am- 

 ply furniflied with obfervations at large, 

 perfecftly applicable to the mode of treat- 

 ment 



