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by Travelling, but generally goes worfe and worfe ; 

 and if the Roads be hard or rough, he will com- 

 plain fo much the more ; tho' in a Shoulder-Strain 

 he will not make much Difference as to hard or foft 

 Roads J and if the Wrench be violent, he will be 

 apt to call his Foot outwards, forming a Circle as 

 he goes. 

 The Signs If the Ailment is in the Shoulder, he will fethis 

 of a Strain PtDOt down hardily to favour it, though he be turn'd 



Sho^^ r ^^^^ ^^ ^'^^ ^^"^^ ^^^^' which Motion tries him the 

 rnofl: of any : But if you cannot yet difcover where 

 the Lamenefs lies, you m.uft have the Shoe off, and 

 his Foot fearch'd, and fqueezed a little here and 

 there with a Pair of Pinchers ; and if his Sole be 

 good he will not eafily complain, unlefs there be 

 Gravel, or a Nail hurt him, or the Shoe fit down 

 too hard upon his Quarters. 

 Back-Sinew If it be neither in the Shoulder nor Foot, it may 

 Strain. be in the Back-Sinew, which may be known by the 

 Roundnefs of the Leg, or Inflammation and Heat 

 thereabouts ; or if not here, yet it may be in the 

 Coffin- Joint, tho' no Swelling or outward Appear- 

 ance of it can be difcovered. I Ihall now proceed 

 to the curative Intentions. 

 No Strain In the firft Place let it be remembex'd, that no 

 cftedhially Strain or Relaxation of tlie Tendons is Sufficiently 

 cured un- ^^^.^^ • ^^ l^l^ Time than three Months ; but that if 



der three 



Months 



the Horfe be continued in Ufe during the Grievance, 



Time. it may make him incurably lame. Therefore it is, 

 that Reft, without the Farrier's Applications, avails 

 more than fuch Applications without Reil. And 

 from hence it may be feen, how improper it is for 

 a Horfe to wear a Patten-Shoe, to force him to bear 

 his Weight upon the weak Shoulder. And tho' I 

 arn told the Horfe is well after fuch Management, 

 yet I am very feniible he would be fooner cured by 

 pulling his Shoes off, and giving him Reil and Eafe. 



I'he Cure. If your Horfe be flrain'd in the Shoulder, let him 

 be bled in tlie Thigh-Vein, and rubb'd with the 

 following Mixture. 



Tale 



