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over their mouths. Do not choke him either 

 with the neck-strap: see that it is well and 

 fast buckled, but not drawn tight round the 

 throat. The neck-strap of the head-stall is also 

 often tied or buckled so tight, that the poor 

 animal is half throttled, and, not being able to 

 speak, loses his whole night's rest in consequence. 



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In drenching a horse either with gruel or phy- 

 sic, a common soda-water bottle, or a thick English 

 wine-bottle, with a piece of leather sewed tight 

 round the neck, to prevent accident from the 

 glass breaking, is cleaner than anything else. 

 Put the neck gently into the mouth just above 

 the tush: if he is a quiet horse, and it is pro- 

 perly given, he will swallow down the most 

 nauseous dose with as little trouble as a child 

 takes its pap. If very restive, you can have it 

 put into a thick leather bottle, which a Mooch ee 

 in any bazaar will knock up for you in a few 

 hours. 



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