Chap. XXV. Of a CO LT>, &c. 89 



" Take A ni feeds, Cummin- feeds, Foenu- MarkhamV 

 *' nugreek, Carthamus- feeds, Elicampain- Balls. 

 " Root, Flower of Brimftone, and brown 

 '^^ Sugar-candy, of each two Ounces, beaten and fearced 

 *' very fine. Then take an Ounce of the Juice of Liquo- 

 '' rice, and diflblve it in half a Pint of White-wine, which 

 " done, take three Ounces of the Syrup of Coltsfoot, of 

 *' Sallet Oil and Honey, of each half a Pint. Let thefe 

 ** be mix'd with the former, and with as much Wheat- 

 *' flower as will bind and knit them all together, work 

 *' them into a ItifF Pafte, and make them into Balls as big 

 *' as a large French Walnut, or as big as a Hen's Egg. 



Some ufe, inftead of the Syrup of Coltsfoot, two Ounces 

 of the Coltsfoot dry'd and made into Powder ; others add 

 an Ounce of the Chimical Oil of Anifeeds, which is very 

 proper, as Horfes are much fubjed to Wind and Flatu- 

 lencies in their Bowels ; and many other Alterations I have 

 feen which are not material. 



The chief Vertue of thefe Balls confifls I'beir Vertue. 

 rn their mollifying and foftening Quality, 

 M'liereby they take off from the Acrimony and Sharpnefs of 

 the Rheums, which occalion tickling Coughs, by v/hich 

 means they alfo fatten fome Horfes. But if it fhould, up- 

 on any Occafion, be neceflary to make them more deterfive 

 and cleanfmg, the Quantity of the Flower of Brimftone 

 may be increased, and the Honey proportionably, or there 

 may be added to them the Powder of the Roots of Smallage, 

 dry'd Hyflbp, and Horfe-mint, the Tops of Fir, and the 

 like, which will make them a moft excellent and fafe Scour- 

 ing for Horfes, by breaking thofe Vifcidities which obftruct 

 the fmall Pallages of the Lungs, the Liver, and other prin- 

 cipal Bowels, caufmg Purfmefs and DifHculiy of Breathing. 

 But in extemporaneous, or oiF-hand Applications, thole 

 Cleanfers which are fufficiently known to all Farriers, viz, 

 Garlick, Onions, Brimftone, Honey, 'Barhadoes Tar, or 

 1 common Tar, when rightly adjufted, and when a Horfe is 

 j not overmuch cloy'd with them, may be of Service; and 

 1 as they are exceeding Powerful in their Operation, they 

 I often fucceed, and that very foon. 



But in the Cure of a Cold, nothing is more material than 

 11 due Care of a Horfe's Feeding and DrelTmg, and likewife 

 of his Exercife ; and therefore belides Moderation in his 

 Feeding, which we have already obferv'd to be neceflary, 

 %vhatever Food is given him ought to be fomewhat open- 



