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the heel shackles (with heel ropes attached, if 

 he is disposed to dance from side to side,) hav- 

 ing been also fastened, the muzzle put on, and 

 one gora-walla, as at daybreak, placed ready on 

 each side, take off the saddle, and wisp him 

 down briskly with dry grass till every hair is 

 smoothed, and the skin is becoming warm again 

 under the belly as well as the body ; that 

 finished, do the same down all the legs and fet- 

 locks, till warmth succeeds to the rubbing. The 

 hands are to be used next, to get off as much 

 hair as possible ; the syees must dip them in 

 water, and heave strongly against his sides, for 

 after a month all the loose coating ought to be off. 

 One man will now do, if you cannot spare two, 

 to go on with the cleaning. Commence first 

 with the curry-comb, taking care it is not too 

 sharp, and that it is used very gently if the 

 skin is at all fine or tender, the curry-comb 

 being only to raise the dust : the hand-rubber 

 second ; and that can scarcely be laid on too 

 strongly for some horses ; but if the skin and 

 coat are fine, and the horse restless, that must 

 be gentle too. The hair-brush well applied 

 thrice to the horse and once to the curry-comb, 

 not thrice to the curry-comb and once to the 

 horse, is to follow thirdly ; a dry cloth to wipe 

 away all the loose hairs,- fourthly ; and then 



