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or less time, in proportion to tlie i 

 depth the bone is atTected, though 

 burning the foul bone is thought by \ 

 some to hasten its separation. , 



" Where the cure does not pro- i 

 perly succeed, mercurial physic 

 should be given, and repealed at 

 piopcr intervals : And to correct 

 and mend the blood and juices, the 

 antimonial and alterative powders, '' 

 with a decoction of guaiacum and 

 lime water, are proper for that I 

 purpose." — Bartlet'^s Farriery, p. ! 

 253. I 



URINE, a serous and saline 

 fluid, separated from the blood, and 

 emitted by the canal of the ure- 

 thra. 



Considered as a manure, this is 

 an important liquor; it is supposed 

 to be richer than the stale of beasts. 

 The difference may be as that of 

 human ordure to barn dung. 



Mr. Bradley relates, as of his 

 own knowledge, that human urine 

 was thrown into a little pit con- 

 stantly every day, for three or four 

 years. Two years after some earth 

 was taken out of this pit, and mixed 

 with twice as much other earth, to 

 till up a hollow place in a grass 

 walk. The turf which was laid 

 upon this spot grew so largely and 

 vigorously, besides being much 

 greener than the rest, that by the 

 best computation he could make, 

 its grass in a month's time, was 

 above four times as much in quan- 

 tity as that of any other spot of the 

 same size, though the whole walk 

 was laid on very rich ground. 



And Mr. Hartlib instances a wi- 

 ndow woman near Canterbury in 

 England, who saved iri a pail all 

 the urine she could, and when the 



pail was full, sprinkled it on her 

 me;>dow, the grass of which looked 

 yellow at iirst, but afterwards grew 

 surprisingl). 



Human urine therefore should 

 be considered as of great value to 

 the farmer. A good method of 

 using it is, to throw it upon com- 

 post dunghills which are under co- 

 ver. 



Also, old urine is preferable to 

 dung for manuring of trees, as it 

 penetrates better to their roots ; 

 and it is said to remove divers in- 

 firmities of plants. 



W. 



WAGGON, a carriage, or cart, 

 mounted on four wheels. 



Waggons answer much the same 

 ends as common carts ; but are 

 greatly to be preferred, especially 

 in journeying; and they are quite 

 necessary for horse-teams, espe- 

 cially when the horses are harnes- 

 sed by two and two, as they ought 

 to be in large teams. And if oxen 

 are used they should be harnessed 

 in the same manner as. horses. 

 The advantages of waggons are es- 

 pecially these two. 



1. They are far less fatiguing to 

 the oxen than carts ; because they 

 have to bear only the weight of the 

 tongue upon their necks ; whereas, 

 in carts, and on descending ground, 

 the oxen are crushed to death, as 

 it were, with bearing a great part 

 of the load ; or in ascending a hill, 

 the load pulls their necks upwards, 

 so that they are almost choked and 

 rendered incapable of drawing the 

 load. Bulky loads, such as hay, 



