^1% ^he Aft of Farreir'y 



but in general be is very infipid and infignificant as 

 to this Particular : And in treating of venomous 

 Bites he has the following Obfervation, o'/x. 



** There are certain venomous Creatures refem- 

 ** bling Mice, which breed in rotten Straw, the 

 '^ Bi tings of which are fatal to Horfes and Dogs, 

 ** and when a Cat eats them, fhe dies in a Kind of 

 ** Confumption. If they bite a Horfe in the Pa{- 

 ** tern or Fetlock- Joint, the Part fwells, extending 

 *' the Tumour to the Hough, Cods, and Funda- 

 *' ment ; and, without timely Afliftance, the Horfe 

 *' dies in forty eight Hours. If they bite the Belly 

 ** of a Horfe, the Tumour either fifes towards the 

 ** Throat, or extends to the Sheath, and quickly 

 <* kills him." 



Thus far Sir William Hope, tho' I can't fay I 

 ever knew any Thing happen to a Horfe, whereby 

 one rriight fuppefe him bit by one of thefe Mice ; 

 nor do I find, that any of the ancient Authors men- 

 tion it. Yet I have had Cats, that have died fre- 

 quently in a Kind of lingering Way, which indeed 

 might l)e called Confumptive j and though young, 

 walled, and refufed Food to the End, without my 

 being able to guefs at the Dillemper. But I alway; 

 fuppofed they might have eaten fome Moufe or Rat 

 that had taken RaPs Bane, &c. and got fo much oj 

 that Poifon as might make tliem linger and die, 

 though not very haflily. But I might be millaken, 

 and the Cats may have eaten fome of Sir Willuun 

 Hope'^s Mice. Therefore take his Receipt for the 

 Cure of this Sort of Bite. 

 Sir If'i'.Vam " If the Bite be in the Leg, tye a Ribbon or 

 Hope's Cure <« Garter of the Breadth of an Inch above the 

 for the Bite,, Swellincr to Hop its Progrefs ; and beat the fwollen 

 mousMice ** ^^^^ ^^^^ ^ Branch of Goofeberry Bufh, 'till it 

 ** be all over bloody : Then chafe it with a large | 

 ^' Quantity of 0/-a.7V/<«;/." (I do not know which 

 he means, unlefs that in Bates's and ^dncys, Difpcn- 

 fatories under the Title of Elccluarin?n Or<vietanu7n) 

 *' or Vatice Treacle, exhibiting inwardly at the 



« fame 



