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23. — "To Dye the Tail a BEAcrriFUL Red" 



Boil alum and turmeric and dip the tail in the liquid. Then wash 

 the tail, but not so much as to remove the yellow dye. Pound a little 

 Indian i madder and place it on the fire with water to boil ; then dip 

 the tail in it. If a little clay ^ is added, it will deepen the colour. 



When the tail is dry, take lime and oil and pound with betel leaves 

 and rub this on the tail to increase the lustre. 



If you want the colour to be like lakh, take rough lac.^ First grind 

 lime and betel leaves with warm water and apply to the tail. Wash 

 the tail in boiled alum and water and turmeric, to dye yellow, and then 

 wash out lightly with cold water. Pound the lakh and soak in water, 

 and strain, and then add the acid juice of lemon or boiled tamarind. 

 Now dip the tail in this and the colour will rival that of rubies. When 

 dry, rub in lime and oil mixed. 



24. — CharkI^ or Digestive Powder 



The following should be given to horses while being fed on rdtih or 

 cooked food : — 



Take equal quantities of emblic myTobalan,^ dry ginger, sweet flag,^ 

 yellow myrobalan,7 long zedoary,^ ral-bang (Quercus lanuginosa'),^ 

 pdnk,^^ black rock-salt,ii and kdld-namah}^ Pound fine, mix, and set 

 aside. After the horse has eaten its rdtih, give 4 ozs. of the above 

 mixed in a little maheld. 



25. — On giving Fenugreek 

 This should be given as digestive with maheld in the proportion of 

 one part of fenugreek to four parts of inoth. These two should be 

 boiled together till they become so soft as to mix. This is good for the 

 cold season ; in the hot season g^ve only a quarter of the quantity of 

 fenugreek. 



26. — Receipt for PachlonJ or Five-salts 



This is an excellent digestive ; it fattens the horse and cleanses the 

 stomach. 



* Majlt, Indian madder {Rubia cordifolia). 

 2 Gil, potters' clay or multdni mitfi ? 



^ Kachchl lakh or khdm lakh ; vide Watt. 



* Charka ; not in dictionaries. The ordinary word for a digestive powder is 

 churan or pdchak. 



* Anwla, Phyllanthus Emblica, the Emblic Myrobalan. 

 " Ghor-hach, Acorus Calamus, Sweet Flag. 



■^ Harra, Terminalia Chebula, the Yellow Myrobalan. 

 ** Kachrl, Curcuma Zerumbet, Long Zedoary. 

 ^ Rdi-bang or -banj, Quercus lanuginosa. 

 *" Pdnk, the green stuff found in ponds ? 

 '•* Sonchar or sdnchar, black rock-salt. 



'2 Kdld namak or '• black salt," a preparation of sodium chloride and sulphnret 

 of iron. 



