HORSE*. 

 BOTTS. 



According to zoology, botts are nothing more or 

 less than a kind of worms, hatched and nourished in 

 the alimentary canal of a horse. There are three 

 kinds of worms to which horses are liable. These 

 are truncheons, mawworms and botts. , 



The truncheons are considered most dangerous. 

 They derive their name from being short and thick, 

 with dark heads. They are found in the stomach 

 or maw, through which they eat, and destroy the 

 h orse. 



The maw-worm is found in the maw, somewhat 

 like an earth worm, and of a reddish color. They are 

 about three inches in length. 



The bott is found in the great gut. Though a 

 small worm, they have a large head. Botts and the 

 nitts, may be found in the excrement of the horse, as 

 well as in the fundament. 



It is a species of fly which lays the egg of the bott. 

 Some authors contend, that the female fly enters the 

 anus of the horse and there lays her eggs ; that they 

 are hatched by the heat of the parts, and ascend into 

 the intestines and stomach. Other authors contend 

 that the fly lays her eggs on the hair and legs of the 

 horse, and that from the itching, he carries his mouth 

 to the spot, gathers them in the saliva, and finally sucks 

 them into the mouth, from whence they descend into 

 the stomach. These flies are seldom found in cities, 



