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give any good Reafon for their Prcceedings ; only 

 they'll tell you perhaps every Horfe will not driPxk 

 warm Water, though I think there are few but 

 y/iii (with a little Oatmeal,) drink fufficiently : Yet 

 if" they ilill refufe, never fear letting them fall:, ra- 

 ther than oblige them with cold Water,* for Reafons 

 £00 plain to be fet down more than once ; and I be- 

 lieve I have already made mention of them, under 

 ihe Difcourfe upon Purging, Bleeding, i5c. 



JEthkp Mineral is a very fafe Medicine for the 

 Worms, either in Man or Beall, but mufl be con- 

 tirsued for fome Time, at leail a Fortnight; half an 

 Ounce a Day in fcalded Bran, if the Horfe will eat 

 it, if not, give it him in his Oats after they are 

 fprink led with Water. 



There is not any cccafion for Purging after the 

 j^thicfs, though there is after the Mcrciirius Dulcis ; 

 for if you did not then do this, ycu would in all likeli- 

 hood raife a Salivation -, for Horfes eafilier falivate 

 than Men, provided the Dofe is in Proportion, hyu 

 Reafon of the pendent Situation of the Head. ; 



After the Ufe of Worm-Medicines, let the Horfq 

 have fome Stomachic-Drench given him, fuch a^ 

 the folio v,'ir;g. , . .y 



• 

 The Cor- 7'^?if Turmeric, one Ounce j Saffron, o^ie Drachn ; 



dial Sio- Long Pepper, fvco Drachms ', Annijced, one Ounce i 

 iTiach- Tonxder all thefe, and mix ^em in half a Found of 



Treacle, and a ^art of <vjarm Ale, for a Uoje ; 

 luhich may be ufed thrice a Week, for a Forttiigkl. • 



Drench. 



cal. 



Coughs It is very frequent for Coughs to be fo epidemical 



irequently or univerfal, that few Men or Horfes mifs having 

 Epidcmi- j.}^gjj. share, more or lefs ; and this is owing to fome 

 peculiar Difpofition of the Air, which breeds fuch 

 Diftempers; though I mufl: frankly confefs I am 

 ignorant of the true Caufe ; that is, whether it be 

 ©ccafioned from Infeds floating about in the Air, 

 and carried from Place to Place by the Winds, (as a 

 late Learned Author undertakes to prove ]) or it is 

 , brought 



