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that the aloes is good ; as that brought from the 

 bazaar contains from a third to one half of dirt. 

 Never attempt to allow for this by giving a larger 

 quantity, or you may be much deceived, since two 

 drachms too much may irreparably injure the 

 bowels of a weak horse, perhaps send him out of 

 this world. Two days after the physic has set, 

 if he should have been purchased thin, hide- 

 bound, having the lampas, a staring coat, and 

 looking dull, as these are all merely the symp- 

 toms of a deranged inside, take ten drachms 

 of emetic tartar, five drachms of ginger, and 

 ^\e ounces of nitre ; mix these up with honey 

 or ghoon, divide into ten balls, and give one 

 every morning at daybreak. Continue a little 

 bran mash at each feed with his ground gram, 

 and let the gram be steeped in hot water ten 

 minutes to soften it, or change the food to 

 boiled oorud, which is an excellent fattening 

 grain on these occasions ; or give some boiled 

 barley at each feed with his bran and soaked 

 gram.* There is no necessity to muzzle him 

 every night you give these balls, unless he is a 

 foul feeder and eats his bed, and then it should 

 never be omitted until his stomach regains its 



* In boiling or steeping grain never put more water than 

 it will soak up, or a large portion of the strength of the grain 

 goes into the w^ater that is thrown away. 



