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and-twenty hours after, taking care to employ 

 proper time in each operation ; rubbing in a 

 fmall quantity at once, and continuing fo to 

 do by fubftantial friclion, till the portion pre- 

 fcribed is abforbed by the feat of difeafe. After 

 which procefs the halter mud be fhortened, 

 or the parts covered, fo as to prevent a proba- 

 bility of the effeds being deftroyed by the 

 natural exertions of the horfe, when finding: 

 himfelf difagreeably effe6led by the ftimulus 

 of the application. In three or four days after 

 which he fhouid be turned out and left to 

 enjoy t,be advantage of gentle jnoticn for a 

 length^f time, adapted to the original caufe 

 and prefect feverity of complaint. If a radical 

 cure is anxioufly defired or meant to be pro- 

 moted, prudence will readily point out the con- 

 fiftency of a three months run, when a horfc 

 may be expeded to come into hand perfedlly 

 found, and as fuch (no fymptoms appearing to 

 indicate the contrary) may be got into proper 

 condition, as direded under that head. 



There are undoubtedly fome, who, from 

 different motives of inter ejl or impatience^ will 

 not permit fo long a refpite from bufinefs or 

 pieafure, let what may prove the confequence^ 



notwithilanding 



