92 THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



which may be felt in thin-skinned horses, but the best 

 and surest way, is to put your hand to his nostrils, and 

 discover it by the heat of his breath. 



Fever is a disease that frequently attacks horses, the 

 symptoms of which are, extreme restlessness, the crea- 

 ture ranges from one end of the rack to the other, his 

 flanks beat, his eyes e^re red and inflamed, his tongue 

 parched and dry, his breath hot and strong, he loses his 

 appetite, and nibbles at his hay, but without chewing it, 

 and is frequently seen to smell at the ground. The 

 whole body is hotter than common, though not parched, 

 as in some other disorders ; he dungs often, but little at a 

 time, and that is generally hard and in little bits. When 

 he stales it is frequently with difl[iculty, and his urine is 

 high coloured ; he appears thirsty, but drinks only a 

 small quantity at a time, though often, and his pulse 

 beats full and hard, and fifty or .more strokes in the 

 space of a minute. The first thing to be done when the 

 disorder is clearly ascertained, is to bleed to the quantity 

 of two quarts, if the horse is strong and in good condi- 

 tion, after which give him a pint of the following drink 

 four times a day, or an ounce of nitre made into a ball 

 with a little honey may be given twice or three times a 

 day instead of the drink, if it should be better approved 

 of, and washed down with three or four horns of gruel, 

 or some other diluting liquor : 



Take baum, sage, and chamomile flowers, of each an 

 handful, liquorice root, sliced thin, half an ounce, salt 

 prunel or nitre, three ounces ; infuse the whole about an 

 hour in two quarts of boiling water, then strain off the 

 liquor, and squeeze into it the juice of two or three 

 lemons, and sweeten it with a little honey. 



As the principal ingredient to be depended on in this 

 drink is the nitre, it might, perhaps,' in some respects, be 

 as well given in water alone ; but as a horse's stomach 



