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after it, when the muzzle is to be put on till 

 nine o'clock, at which hour he may have an- 

 other bran mash, before being muzzled for the 

 night. The more water that is drunk the better, 

 but on this day the chill must be taken off, 

 whether it is the hot or the cold weather. 

 Walking, or very gentle trotting exercise, morn- 

 ing and evening, the same as on Monday and 

 Tuesday. 



Thursday Morning. — The physic, during exer- 

 cise, will perhaps begin to work ; if it does not, 

 you must feed exactly the same as the day before, 

 for sometimes it will not operate for another 

 ten or twelve hours. A mash and a little warm 

 water, and another half hour's trot, will often 

 bring the purging on; and, when it does come 

 on, he may have bran mash again, a little dried 

 grain, or a pooly of grass, and water with the 

 chill off. If only two or three evacuations take 

 place, give more warm water and another trot, 

 which will carry it off. But, though the medicine 

 should fail entirely to act, you must not adminis- 

 ter another dose, for fear of producing over-purg- 

 ing or inflammation. Some bran mashes must 

 still be continued, with but little grain, for the 

 following forty-eight hours ; and then, after an 

 interval of another four days, making exactly a 



