IMPROVED. i6s 



RO Manner of Difpute but fuch Horfes may, by- 

 good careful Management, be made of better Ser- 

 vice, than otherwife they would : For Inftance, let 

 the Water you give them be, once every other Day, 

 impregnated with half an Ounce of Salt Petre, and 

 two Drachms of Sal Armonia:^ which will operate 

 powerfully by Urine, and whatfoever does that, 

 moft certainly relieves Purfivenefs in Horfes as well 

 as Afthma's in Men. The following is fometimes 

 ufed, and may do for a while, 'till you can jockey 

 your Neighbour with a Broken-Winded Horfe in 

 Lieu of a found one. 



Take neuj Milk, one ^.art ; Florence Oil, mixed K Mixture 

 nx'ith the Yelks of Eggs, four Ozinces : Give him this tor Purfiv-e- 

 Blood-warm, and let his Hay be well fhaked from. ^^^^^ ^'^' 

 Dufl, and fprinkled with Water moderately ; becaufe 

 if it is done over-much, he will take a Diftafle at 

 it, but if it be done fparingly, it adds to the Sweet- 

 nefs and Flavour of it. 



A Horfe that is Purfive or Broken-Winded fhould 

 eat what is of good Nourifliment, and lies in a little 

 Room ; that is, he Ihould have more Corn thaa 

 Hay : For when a Horfe is obliged to fill his Belly 

 with Hay, he muft drink a deal of V/ater to dilute 

 it, and make it fit for Digeltion ; this prelfes harder 

 upon the Lungs, i^c. and adds to the Grie-.':ance. 

 Therefore, let fuch liorfes have much Corn, and 

 little Hay always fprinkled, if you expert them to 

 perform a Journey, and then their Lungs will have 

 Room to expand and dilate themfelves fufHciently. 



De Grey tells a merry Story of a Horfe cured of ^^ ^^^ t^ 

 Purfivenefs, which is as follows, " a certain Groom Cure for 

 *^ (no doubt a Vvife one ) who had a Broken-Winded Ptirfn^cnefs 

 *' Horfe under his Care, kept him from drinking "t'J-.^Jj'^^^'" 

 *^ for two or three Days, giving him all that Time " * 

 *' as much Hay and other Provender as he would 

 ** eat; then lie leaped upon his Back, and rode 

 ** him to Water, where he fuftered him to drink 



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