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are frequently seen sticking to the straight gut, 

 near the fundament, from whence they are often 

 forced off with the dung. The animal generally 

 looks lean, and his hair stares like that of a sur- 

 feited horse. He frequently strikes his hind feet 

 against his belly, and, in many respects, appears 

 like one that is griped, I have known horses at 

 the latter end of a dry summer (when the ponds, 

 or springs, have been very lovv% and the water 

 become muddy, by reason of cattle standing in 

 them, and filled with swarms of insects), to be 

 much infected with bots in the stomach ; which is 

 the chief cause why so many hundreds of them die 

 in the low, fenny, and marshy counties. 



The tet^etes, or round worms, resemble the com- 

 mon earth-worm in appearance : they are usually 

 white, about eight or ten inches long, and are 

 generally found in the small intestines. They are 

 not so common as the bots, but are often more 

 dangerous, and frequently are the cause of the 

 colic and inflammation of the bowels. 



Ascarides are found in the large intestines ; tliey 

 keep a horse poor, but are seldom fatal. Both 

 these kinds of worms are frequently voided with 

 the dung. The treatment in all the three kinds 

 must be similar, and a cure may be effected by a 



