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into half a quartern of spring- water ; and with a feather 

 put a drop into each eye mornings and evenings, and it 

 will eat it clean off in three days or thereabouts ; but be 

 not prevailed on to blow flint and glass (pounded together) 

 into the eyes ; because the sharp points of the glass wound 

 all the tender blood-vessels, and cause an inexpressible 

 painful inflammation, not much inferior and full as in- 

 significant as the farriers' way of burning a thousand 

 holes in his skin with a red-hot poker, to cure the farcy. 



Gelding and docking are but little helps to bad eyes. 



Blistering the temples, cutting out the haws, and taking 

 up the veins, weaken the optics and hasten blindness. 



OBSERVATIONS ON WASHY HORSES. 



It is observed, some horses carry a good belly all the 

 journey, others part with their food before it is well 

 digested, and scour all the way ; which makes them so 

 thin and lank, that they are ready to slip through their 

 girts; they are called washy. Such horses must be 

 chiefly f^d with dry meat, that is, oats and beans, and 

 but seldom with bran. They also will eat as much or 

 rather more than other horses, and you should feed them 

 oftener, for being too soon empty they require it ; and 

 if you will allow them enough, they will perform a tole- 

 rable good journey ; but I do not recommend such a 

 one. 



REMEMBER TO FEED. 



If you do not gallop your horse off his wind, I will 



venture to say, it is not the journey tjiat hurts him, but 



your neglect of him when you dismount. Consider he 



is tied up, and can have nothing but what is brought to 



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