Chap. XXXVI. Of the "Dry Gripes, &c. 133 



I fhall put a Period to this Subjeft, with an T^'v.^o Injiances 

 account of two Horfes that were feiz'd with of Cofli^uenefs, 

 violent Cofl:iveners,and where the Illue pro v'd very different^ 



The one belong'd to a Gentleman, who, ^^^ -^-^n 

 while travelling, was ftopt upon the Road the 

 fecond day of his Journey, his Horfe wasin great Pain,fhrunk 

 up his Belly, often endeavouring to dung, and as often to pifs, 

 but could do neither. I was told he had been taken up from 

 Grafs a Week before he fet out, and was obfcrv'd to be cof- 

 tive all that while ; but becaufe he was to have fome Fatigue, 

 they thought it unneceHary to tamper with him, which, no 

 doubt, was very reafonablc, had he not been more than or- 

 dinarily collive. The firlt thing done to recover him was 

 raking,and afterward he had a Pipe of Tobacco given him at 

 his Fundament; the Smoke of the Tobacco prov'd a gentle 

 Siimulus,^nd made him oftentimes eiiay to dung, but with- 

 out EfFed ; fo that at laft, being in exccffive Pain, hanging 

 his Head, and turning it frequently towards his Belly, the 

 Owner thought lit to fend for a Farrier, who at firft fight 

 faid he would die ; however he went and prepared him a 

 comfortable Drink, as he term'd it, which, by the Smell, 

 feem'd to be fome hot aromatick Seeds boil'd in Ale. 



After this he became much worfe, for there being no free 

 Vent upwards or downwards, and the Wind being now more 

 rarefy'd by the hot fpicy things, and confequently taking up 

 more fpace in his Bowels, he often lay down, and immedi- 

 ately ftarted up again, fhewing as much Pain and Agony as 

 any Horfe could poiTibly be in. I advis'd the Gentleman to 

 have him rak'd once more by a Boy that had a fmall Hand 

 and Arm, who being fatisfied with theReafons which I gave 

 him, had it done accordingly, tho' it was not without fome 

 Difficulty, for the Horfe fhrunk very much, and endeavour'd 

 conftantly to lie down. But at laft^ when he had been tho- 

 roughly rak'd, he began to throw out feverai hard Balls of 

 Dung of his own Accord, and at the fame time llal'd a little, 

 whereupon he had the Entrance into his Fundament done 

 with Soap, which made him dung very plentifully, and he 

 pifsM fo long that the Stable was all a-float about him. After 

 this a Clyfter of Broth, wherein Beef had been boiFd, was 

 given him, with a handful of Salt and half a Pound of Butter 

 diirolv'd in it, which brought away a great deal of Dung, 

 and abundance of flimy Matter. He eat nothing that Nighi, 

 v/hich was pretty late, but towards the Morning he began- 

 t-o feed very pientifully, and was quite recovei'd of his Indii- 

 jiofition. R 3 Haj 



