46 STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



it exists only in the imagination of the attendant. 

 The popular remedy some years ago was to cauterize 

 the part with a hot iron, and I have no hesitation 

 in saying that any one doing this should be indicted 

 for cruelty to animals. Lately, the popular treat- 

 ment has been more merciful in having the part 

 scarified with a lancet, but even this is useless. 

 Where lampas does exist, there is more or less 

 enlargement and swelling of the membrane of the 

 entire alimentary canal, but the " barbs" of the 

 mouth being the only part visible, it is popularly 

 supposed to be a local affection. Under these con- 

 ditions, it will be readily understood how utterly 

 useless lancing or scarifying one small part of the 

 affected canal will be. A small dose of aperient 

 medicine, or even putting the horse on a laxative 

 diet of bran mash for a few days, will do all that is 

 required, without having recourse to heroic measures. 



Nose-bags (tobra). 



Nose-bags are sadly neglected by " syces," and 

 unless looked after by the owner, they never 

 dream of cleaning them, so that, particularly with 

 leather ones, they get into a very filthy condition, 

 and frequently horses refuse to eat out of such 

 dirty things. Both mangers and nose-bags should 



