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natural tone. When they are finished, put a 

 drachm of black salt, finely pounded, in his gram 

 at each feed, and in a few days double it, and 

 then treble it ; nothing being more palatable, or 

 better suited to recall the appetite of a horse 

 recovering from sickness than this. Green grass, 

 or lucern, but never with the dew on it, (it 

 should be dried twenty minutes in the sun after 

 cutting,) should also be given in moderate quan- 

 tities, if procurable ; if not, sliced carrots ; and 

 he should be walked, or ridden at a walk, morn- 

 ing and evening, according to his strength. It 

 is want of care during the first month with these 

 thin horses ; giving them eight seers of hard grain 

 when they cannot digest half ; putting them into a 

 canter when they are scarce fitted to be mounted 

 for a walk ; omitting physic, or giving it too 

 strong ; and allowing them to continue gorging 

 on all day and night at dry grass, that disar- 

 ranges their inside, and renders it so difficult to 

 bring them round again into anything like order. 

 If you have attended to the foregoing, and evi- 

 dent improvement has not taken place in a 

 month, but he still looks dull, and feeds badly, 

 and you can discover no rheumatism, no fever, 

 no worms, (examine well the pulse, mouth, teeth, 

 &c.) persist strictly in the above way of feed- 

 ing, and give every morning at daybreak, for 



