206 TRAINING. 



STOPPING FOR THE FEET. 



Equal parts of tar and kidney mutton fat 

 boiled together, and first laid over the frog only, 

 then cow-dung over the whole. A piece of 

 sponge, or thick numbda, cut the shape of the 

 sole, and kept over it by two transverse slips 

 of bamboo fitting under the shoe, and wetted 

 with hot water every three hours, should be 

 used occasionally instead of the cow-dung, as it 

 gives a nice soft pressure to the sole; a little 

 of the tar stopping being always previously laid 

 over the frog, if deficient, to encourage its 

 growth and save it from rotting. 



AGAINST CRACKS. 



One pound of hog's or mutton-kidney fat, 

 boiled down to the softness of ghee ; two ounces 

 of sugar of lead, well mixed in afterwards. The 

 heels to be very slightly smeared over after washing 

 at nine in the morning, and after being cleanly 

 wiped out on return from walk in the evening. 

 Whenever the slightest crack appears, always 

 poultice for one day with -a little fat, linseed. 



