50 THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



bees* wax ; when that is melted, put in half a pound 

 of hog^s lard ; when it is dissolved, put in two ounces 

 of honey ; when that is dissolved, put in half a pound 

 of common turpentine ; keep it gently boiling, stirring 

 it with a stick all the time ; xKhen the turpentine is dis- 

 solved, put in two ounces of verdigris ; you must take 

 off the pipkin, (^else it will rise into the fire in a mo- 

 ment) set it on again, and give it two or three wambles 

 and strain it through a coarse sieve, into a clean vessel 

 for use, and throw the dregs away. 



This is an extraordinary ointment for a wound or 

 bruise in flesh or hoof, broken knees, galled backs, 

 bites, cracked heels, mallanders, or when you geld a 

 horse, to heal and keep the flies away ; nothing takes 

 fire out of a burn or scald in human flesh so soon ; I 

 have had personal experience of it. I had it out of 

 Degrey, but finding it apt to heal a wound at the top, 

 before the bottom was found, I improved it, by adding an 

 ounce of verdigris. 



HEAT-BALLS. 



U, upon a journey, any little bumps called -heat-balls 

 should rise on your horse's shoulders or any part of 

 him ; upon coming to your inn, order the hostler to rub 

 them often with hot vinegar, which will disperse them. 

 They are owing to the heat of the body in hard riding. 

 If they are not dispersed, they will burst and look ugly, 

 and it will be some time before the hair comes on upon 

 the part again. 



SWELLED AND CRACKED HEELS.— CURE. 



If his legs and heels should swell and crack and be- 

 come stiff and sore, so that he can hardly be got out of 



