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if any foulness appears, or if it 

 heal too fast, or if spungy soft flesh 

 arise, pledgets dipped in copperas 

 water, or a solution of blue vitriol, 

 uiay be applied, which will keep 

 it snmooth and even. 



" But if the swelling increase 

 fast, with no tendency to digestion, 

 and if it rise up towards the neclc, 

 affecting all the muscles of the 

 part, the horse will be in danger ! 

 of suffocation, unless a course dif- { 

 ferent from the former be taken, i 

 " Besides repeated bleeding, if 

 he is not too much worn out, take 

 a hot searing iron, and apply it 

 to five or six places on the lower 

 part of the swelling, cauterizing 

 those parts, that they may be 

 speedily brought to matter, which 

 may be dressed with flax dipped 

 in tar and turpentine, mixed be- 

 fore the fire, and applied warm. 

 For by giving pain in those de- 

 pendent and inferior parts, you 

 cause the humours to flown down- 

 wards from the swelling ; and by 

 making vents you prevent exces- 

 sive violence of pain. Nor need 

 you be afraid of the swelling that 

 may happen in the fore-legs, &c. 

 by cauterizing; for that cannot 

 be of so ill consequence as when 

 it is upon the neck and throat ; 

 nor will it be of any consequence, 

 if care be taken of the vents. 



" Solleysell recommends the 

 making of small incisions with a 

 fleam or lancet, in eight or ten 

 places, on the swelling ; and to 

 thrust into the holes, between the 

 skin and the flesh, pieces of the 

 root of black hellebore : and if 

 the tumour be very large, he re- 

 commends the use of white helle- 

 bore ; at the same time chafling 

 the part with the ointments of 



agrippa and marsh mallows. The 

 root, by their hot quality, draw 

 down and increase the swelling ; 

 and the ointments are (o ripen 

 ; the inclosed matter, and fit it for a 

 I discharge. 



"■ The same author also recom- 

 mends the use of Ruptories, for 

 drawing an immediate flux of mois- 

 ture from the diseased part. These 

 are ointments of the same nature 

 as those made to draw blisters on 

 the human body, and composed of 

 the same materials. The way to 

 apply them is, to spread them by 

 little at a time on the part affect- 

 ed, holding a bar of hot iron to 

 make them sink in." Gibson's 

 Farriery. 



ANTS, an insect, which some- 

 times annoys fields. "They will 

 destroy barley, rye, hemp seed, 

 flax seed, and rape seed. Other 

 grain is either too large, double 

 skinned, or too bitter and ill tast- 

 ed for them. When yoxi find 

 them in quantities near home, pour 

 hot water upon them. The far- 

 mer, when he dungs his land, if he 

 uses ashes, lime, or salt sand, he 

 may be certain no ant will ever 

 stay upon the ground where any 

 of the three is spread." Scof's 

 Farmer. 



" The ant is very destructive to 

 fruit, especially the peach when 

 ripe ; you will frequently see these 

 insect travelling all over the trees, 

 and sometimes the fruit will be 

 filled with them. The best me- 

 thod that I have found to destroy 

 them is, to get a sharp pointed 

 wooden stake, or an iron crow, if 

 the ground be hard, and with it 

 bore a hole not far from the stem 

 of the tree, and as deep as the 

 ground will permit. By stirring 



