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times beneficial. Dry paddock to walk in, clothed, for recovery. 

 Colic, a quart of warm water-gruel, three gills of castor or olive oil, a 

 gill of French brandy, and a table-spoonful of laudanum. Keep it co- 

 vered and warm, if necessary to give it at twice. Back-rake. Repeat 

 according to need. A purge often necessary after the colic, and in 

 some cases of obstruction, during the fit, a small quantity of tincture of 

 aloes is a useful article in the prescription. 



Recent Strains. The Horse being young, may be recovered in a 

 loose stable, by astringent embrocations. Old strains, if at all, reco- 

 verable abroad. Attempts to cure in the stable, narrow heels and feet 

 naturally defective, gross imposition. Instead of oiling and stuffing the 

 feet of Horses, which generally hardens them in the end, the best prac- 

 tice is soaking the hoofs in water dail}^ warm or cold, ac(;ording to the 

 occasion. The wear and tear of the hoof in work, is almost universally 

 sufficient, that in shoeing, scarcely any thing should be pared from the 

 sole, frog, or binders, excepting to smooth them. The growth of the 

 frog is ever wanted, that it may, with its natural elasticity, occasionally 

 touch the earth. The Shoe must be of substance sufficient to bear the 

 weight of the Horse, but nothing beyond ; of the same length as the 

 crust, or wall of the hoof, of a surface perfectly flat, both externally and 

 next the crust to which it is nailed, tapering with a feather-edge towards 

 the sole. The rim, or web, widest at the toe, and its general width some- 

 what greater, for a weak foot. Small nails. 



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