33^ ^^^ ^ft of Farriery 



A SitFaft, A Sit-Faji, proceeds moftly from a Warhle after 

 what. 'tis burnt, and is a Piece of the Horfe's Hide turn'd 



horny or hard by the Heat, l^c. of the Saddle. 



The Cnre. The Cure is performed by taking hold of the 



Edge of the hard Skin with a Pair of ftrong Flyers, 



fuch as are ufed by Watchmakers, ^c. and cutting 



out the horny Part entirely, and dreiTing it as a- 



common Wound with the Ointment p. 283. and 



taking Care to keep the Saddle from rubbing upon 



it. Therefore, if you are upon a Journey, the 



Saddle fhould be chamber'd very nicely, and not 



carry upon a hard Ridge all round the Sore, but to 



fall off gradually, or the Horfe's Back will be 



worfe hurt than before. 



How to pre- It may not be amifs to tell the Reader how he 



(lr\^e a jn^y preferve his own Pofleriors, as well as the 



fronrciu- Horfe's Back, from galling, f-etting, or excoriating ; 



ing by ' fi^^d herein 1 fhoald be a pretty competent Judge, 



Kiding. not only by reafon the Subjedi is of the human 



Species, but becaufe I myfelf, tho' I often ride, 



am very apt to gall and have the Skin fretted cfF 



ir.y Pofleriors, unlefs I take great Care. And even 



in this we fee the great Difference or peculiar Dif- 



pofition of one Peribn from another ; for fome will 



bear to jide further upon a bare Saddle-Tree with-. 



out any Cover of Leather, than I can upon a very 



tiSy Saddle. 



I have obferved lately in the News Papers an Ad- 

 vertifement about a Po~xder for the entire Curing of 

 what I am now about : But the very Title and Ac- 

 count of it bewrays the Thing fpurious and infig- 

 nificant. 

 large Siid- The firft Thing is, as I have jufl now faid, to 

 dies molt ride upon a large Saddle, that your Weight may be 

 ^'\i'^'(-^ '"'"•^, carried (let m.e fpeak philofophically ) upon more 

 vifed to Points than 'tis poffible, in a little Saddle, to touch 

 them. upon ; and by this you will find that every addi- 



tional Point, provided you be not quite out of all 

 Reafon, will ilill eafe the Places in the Middle 

 where you prefs hardeft upon the Saddle. 



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