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kick, to tumble, and plunge about. This and the sleepy 

 staggers are both occasioned by a diseased stomach, 

 brought on by inflammation of that organ, or simply by 

 the retention of a great mass of indigestible food there 

 and in the intestines. Constipation attends every species 

 of staggers, and in some cases the hardened dung may 

 be felt by feeling at the proper part. The breath is 

 oifensive, the respiration impeded, and the pulse high 

 and sharp in mad staggers^ whilst in the sleepy it is 

 slow, heavy and full, without vibration. When these 

 latter symptoms continue a long time, the blood deter- 

 mines towards the head, and the pulse increases, if the 

 animal be one in good condition. 



The remedy is to bleed and purge. 



Farm horses that live much in the straw yard, and 

 A^ork hard on bad hay, will sometimes stand still at once, 

 as if struck motionless, in the midst of their work, 

 which is a sure sign that some great leading function has 

 been suspended for the moment by reason of great 

 exertion. The driver has nothing more to do in this 

 case than to let the tired creature rest for the space of a 

 minute or two, and then proceed in his work more 

 leisurely. Prevention is better than cure. 



In all ordinary cases of staggers, simply opening the 

 bowels will effect a cure nine times out of ten. 



GRAZING. 



Thin skinned horses that have been well kept and 

 clothed should never be turned to grass above three 

 months in the year, viz. from the beginning of June to 

 the end of Avgust. 



Thick skinned horses have strong coats, which keep 

 out the weather, and (if well fed) will lie abroad, and 



