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tics, and rowelling in the hinder 

 parts by way of revulsion. To clear 

 his nostrils, burn brin>.stone, feath- 

 ers, and bits of leather under his 

 nose, passing the fumes into his 

 nostrils, through a funnel. And 

 when much matter is discharged by 

 sneezing, syringe the nostrils with 

 brandy, or red wine. Afterwards 

 a small quantity of Unguentum 

 Egyptiacum, dissolved in oil of 

 turpentine,may be injected through 

 a large pipe, which will be helpful 

 towards cleansing the ulcerated 

 parts. See fV. Gibson on Farriery, 

 The glanders is said to be a con- 

 tagious disease, and care should 

 therefore be taken lest it be com- 

 municated to other horses. A 

 work called The Complete Farrier, 

 printed in Philadelphia, in 1809, 

 which has been highly approved of 

 by those who have practised ac- 

 cording to its directions, observes 

 that "The strangles has been some- 

 limes mistaken for the glanders or 

 sore throat, but in this disease the 

 inflamed glands very soon suppu- 

 rate and burst,whereby all the oth- 

 er symptoms are generally remo- 

 ved, whilst in the glanders, the 

 glands seldom or never suppurate ; 

 in order, however, to avoid all 

 danger, it is advisable, the moment 

 a horse is perceived to have a dis- 

 charge from his nose, to put him 

 into a stable where he can have no 

 communication with other horses : 

 if the glands of the throat are en- 

 larged and inflamed, apply a large 

 poultice to them, steam the head 

 three or four times a day, let him 

 be well clothed particularly about 

 the head, and give him of powder- 

 ed nitre one ounce, and an un- 



washed calx of antimony two 

 drachms, mixed for a dose every 

 day, or once in twelve hours. — 

 Should the discharge arise from a 

 cold, it will soon be removed by 

 that means. When considerable 

 ulceration is perceived in the nose, 

 with the other concomitant symp- 

 toms of the glanders, the horse 

 should be destroyed instantly. 



" The most effectual mode of 

 purifying stables in which glander- 

 ed horses have been kept, is to re- 

 move or carefully wash every thing 

 on which the horse may have de- 

 posited any matter, and afterwards 

 to cover every part of the stable 

 with a thick coat of lime and size." 



GOOSE, a well known bird. — 

 The tame kind are some of them 

 entirely while, but they are mostly 

 parti-coloured, grey and white. — 

 The belly and wing feathers are 

 white, even in those that have most 

 of the grey colour. 



Geese are more profitable than 

 most other tame fowls, on account 

 of the cheapness of their feeding, 

 and the value of their flesh and 

 their feathers, besides their grease 

 and quills. So'ne strip them of 

 most of their feathers twice a year. 

 But this hurts the animals, and is 

 on the whole, no profit to the own- 

 er. Moulting time is the right sea- 

 son for plucking them ; for then 

 the feathers are loose, and begin to 

 fall off of themselves. Geese begin 

 to lay their eggs in March ; and 

 begin to sit on them in March or 

 April. The time of incubation is 

 four weeks. 



It is said that geese may be ad- 

 vantageously fed on turnips, cut in 

 small pieces, similar to dice, but 



