Chap. LXXXVllI. Of Surbat'mg. &c: 251 



lard pouring the Mixture boiling hot upon the Soal, and 

 ftuffins: it up very carefully with Hurds, and above them a 

 piece of Leather' with Splents. This is very good but 

 would be much more efficacious, if theSoal waspai d fome- 

 vvhat thin, and half an Ounce of Camphire dilTolv d m the 

 Mixture juft as it comes off the Fire. 



CHAP. LXXXVIII. 



Of Surbatingy &c. 



AHorfe is faid to be furbated, when the Soal is worn, 

 bruis'd, or fpoil'd by any Accident, as by bad Shoe- 

 in^ efpecially when they lie too flat on the Foot, or when 

 the Horfe e:oes too long barefoot; as alfo by travelling in 

 hard Ways, or among diy hot Sand in hot Weather, which 

 dries the Hoof, whereby the Soal becoming hard, prefles 

 upon the foft Parts beneath it. If a Horfe ^^Jurhajed by- 

 bad Shoeing, you may know the Part that is affefted by the 

 Thinnefs of the Shoe where it preiTes moft, and therefore it 

 oucrht to be par'd deepell in that Part befo/e another is fet on ; 

 but^if the Shoe is nor in the Fault, it may be known he is///r- 

 bated by his continual hitching and moving; but by feeling 

 his Hoofs you may obferve them both very hot and dry. ^ 



The Cure is very eafy before it becomes attended witli 

 other Accidents, and maybe performed only by Hopping 

 UP the Feet with Ox or Cows-dung and Vinegar; lome 

 break a Couple of new-laid Eggs, and apply them raw to 

 the Soals, and then ftop them up with Ox or Cows-dung ; 

 fome ufe only Hogs Greafe boiling hot, and thicken d with 

 Bran ; and there are others who make ufe of Vinegar and 

 Sootboil'd together; but nothing will be more efficacious, 

 in cafe it be troublefome, than firft foftning the Soal with 

 the Application of unauous things, and after that pouring 

 a Mixture of boiling Pitch and Tar, ^rV. upon the boal, as 

 directed in the prececding Chapter. 



CHAP. LXXXIX. 



Of Retraits and Tricks in the Foot. 



NOthino- caufes more Pain and Trouble than the Accl- 

 dents'hat happen to the Feet by bad Shoeing, or when 

 fharp Splents or Stubs, ^c. are ftuck in the tender Parts 

 within the Soal; the Reafon of which cannot be very dit- 

 ficult to any one who is acquaintei with the Foot ol a Horle, 



