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CHAP. XL. 



Of the Lampas, Barbs, Wolves-Teeth, Splents, 

 Spavins, a-nd Ring-Bones. 



The Signs /— |-*^ H E Lampas is by the Farriers defined a fil- 

 et the I ^Y^y Lump or Excrefcence in the Roof of the 

 Lampas. j^j^^^j^^ ^^ ^l^^t upon Opening the Horfe*s Mouth, 

 you may perceive that the Roof rifes more or lefs 

 above the Teeth. 

 The Cure. This Diforder ( as 'tis callM ) is common to young 

 Horfes, the Roof of their Mouth not being of fo 

 harih and dry a Nature as thofe cf old Horfes. And, 

 tho' 'tis faid, that the Flelh will rife fo high above 

 the Teeth that it will even fcare him from his^ats, 

 Cff r. yet I am ftill of Opinion that Nature is not 

 often luxuriant above Meafure in this Particular, as 

 the common Farriers, Blackfmiths, ^c. would 

 make us believe. Nor is there, in my Thoughts, 

 fo often need of chatting out the Lampas. The 

 French cure it by rubbing the luxuriant Flelh with 

 a hot roalled Onion lap'd in a Clout ; but for my 

 Part, I ca.nnot fee of what Benefit fuch Application 

 can be to deftroy or wafte the Lampas in a Horfe*'s 

 Mouth. 



I have had many young Horfes, yet never any 



cut for the Lampas, tho' the Roofs of their Mouths 



were as fleihy as other People's Horfes ; and I never 



could fee that it did any real Service to cut them 



out J fo that it is plaguing and tormenting the poor 



Creature to no Purpofe, and fatisfying the ignorant 



Farrier, and more ignorant Mailer or Owner. Be- 



fides this, it makes the Horfe bear a Mark or Teili- 



mony of old Age before his Time ; an old Horfe's 



Mouth being naturally harih and thin of Fleih upon 



the Roof: Therefore 'tis well we have fo many 



Marks, v/hich fhould all or moft of them corref- 



fpond for our Sad.faaion, to fignify to us a Horfe's 



Age i otherwife we might often be obliged to keep 



