.72 THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



running horses pretty often ; and all the gentlemen in 

 England agree with them in doing so. The reason 

 oiven for it, is to carry off the hupnours which cause 

 their legs to swell and grow stiff, and to clean them. 

 The reason is good, because no horse is fit to run that 

 is not clean ; but bleeding and purging weakens both 

 man and beast ; besides the hazard of a horse's life in 

 every purge (as I have demonstrated.) Would it not 

 therefore be a good amendment to get quit of those 

 superfluous humours another way, so as to prevent stiff 

 and swelled legs without bleeding and purging ? Would 

 not a horse come into the field with better advantage, 

 who, instead of bleeding and purging, only once a week 

 takes a medicine that effectually cleans his body ; keeps 

 his legs from swelling and stiffness ; mends his wind 

 by opening his lungs, and preserves him in his full 

 vigour? I am sure all this can be done with very little 

 bleeding, and no purging ; which I would willingly 

 insert here, did it properly belong to this treatise, which 

 (as I said) is intended only for the use and convenience 

 of travellers. 



IF A HORSE LOOKS ILL.— THE LAMPAS— 

 THE CURE. 



if your horse (who once looked fat and sleek) is 

 brought to you with a staring coat and hollow flank, 

 open his mouth, look on the roof, and if the gums next 

 his fore teeth are swelled higher than his teeth, it will 

 hinder his feeding and make him fall off his flesh. Let 

 a smith burn it down with a hot iron ; that is a complete 

 cure for the Lampas. 



U that is not the cause, you should never cease 

 enquiring till you have found it, for the horse cannot 

 speak ; and if the groom is in fault, he will not tell. 



