142 T&elARRUKs New Guide, Ch.XXXIX. 

 CHAP. XXXIX. 



Of Worms, BotSy and Trimchions, 



Worms of di' 'Hp HERE are feveral Kinds of Vermin 

 'vers kinds bred A bred in the Bodies of Horfes, which go 

 inHorfes. under the Denomination o'i Sots^ Wormi^ 



and Trunchions. The Worms are of divers Colours and 

 Shape ; fome refemble Earthworms, others are fmall and 

 white, {harp at both Ends like Needles. The Trunch'mi is 

 thick and fhort, and the Bot is not unlike a fmall Catterpil- 

 lar ; the laft are commonly found in the ftreight Gut, efpe- 

 cially of fome Horfes when they are firft taken from Grafs. 



Solleylell has taken Notice of another Kind, which re- 

 femble Wood-lice, only that they have fewer Feet, are of a 

 deep reddifh Colour, velveted on the Back like a Bot, and 

 made up of feveral Folds. Thefe, he fays, are bred in the 

 Stomach, and abide in it, and devour all the Nourifhment ; 

 fo that a Horfe, if he be never fo great a Feeder, cannot 

 thrive while they are in his Maw. The fame Author ob- 

 ferves further, that thofe Kind of Worms are oftentimes 

 the Occafion of a Horfe's Death, by eating Holes in the 

 Stomach ; and fays, he has feen Thoufands of them in the 

 Stomachs of dead Horfes. 



But that Author might be eafily impofed upon by fuch 

 an Infpeftion ; for it is very certain, as foon as an Animal 

 dies, thofe Parts that turn firft to Putrefadion, as the Ali- 

 ment in the Stomach, which is kept under clofe Cover, 

 ■will foon breed Vermin, and that of different Kinds, fmce 

 it is reafonable enough to believe, that the Seeds of divers 

 Infefts may be depofited among the Food of moft Ani- 

 mals, and be thus convey'd into the Stomach, and may be 

 brought to Life very fuddenly after the Animal is dead ; 

 No Worms can ^^^ '^^^ Worms, or any other Kind of Ver- 

 be bred in the ^'^5 ^^^ either be bred or fublifted in the 

 Stomachivhile Stomach of any living Creature, is as im- 

 the Hor/e is a- poifible as for a Moufe to live under a Mil- 

 li've. ftone whilft it is grindmg ; for it is very well 



known, that the mufcular Adion of the Sto- 

 mach, by which it is kept in conftant Motion, would much 

 fooner deftroy any fuch Creatures, if it was poffible for them 

 to breed there, than the common Food which they eat, that 

 being harder and m.ore difficult to be broke than they. 



And 



