340 ^be J^t of ¥; ATkv. iTL r* y 



Another Take Flanders Oil of Bays, or for ^j:ant of thai of 



Ointn.ent ,.^^^^^v Hoo' s lard, tivo Ounces ; Sublimate Uer- 

 (krs or Sal- ^^^^ ^"^^ ^Drachms. Mix. . Anoiut tne r^UHieiidsr^ 

 lenders. or Sallenders every Night and Morning for four 

 Turns, and I dare fay it will cure them, by rubbing 

 vvitli a little Quickfilver mixed with Hog'b-Lard af- 

 terwards, which fhould be done for three or four 

 Days, to caufe the Scabs to fall off and the Kair to 

 come 2i^it^. 



CHAP. XLIV. 



Of the Greafe and Scratches, Mules, and Kibed 

 Heels. 



Believe I need not trouble the Re-.dcr v/ith a te- 

 dious Defcription of thefe Dillemper-s by Rea- 

 fon they are fufficientl}' known and apparent to every 

 Body. 



The Caufe. The Caufe of tliefe and fuch like Difcrders is 

 from over Exercife, when a Korfe is either over fat 

 or lean, or in other AVords, when he is exercifed 

 above his Keeping, and has not due Care taken of 

 him in Drcffing, Feeding, i^c. or \vhen he goes too 

 near, and knoclis one Leg r.gaihft another {o as to 

 bruife tlie Flefh, and caufe Heat, Jnffammition, <?*;€.; 

 in which laft Cafe great Care muu.be; hadin Shoe- 

 ing,' that he may be made to go as wide as pofiible,. 

 otiienvire thefe Kinds of Ilorfes will be difficult to 

 manage fo as to keep them from tlte Greafe, ^V. 



If the Gre:^fe be an Attendant of fome other Dif- 

 cafe, fuch Difeafe mull be cured before the Greai^e 

 can be remoycd^ for very often it is an Attendar^t 

 upon the Faicin,. Yellows, and other Difoidcrs of 

 the Blcod and Humours. r.i 



The Cu-e. ' If the Horfe be full of Flcfh the Cure" is to{bp, 

 begun by Evacuation, fuch as Bleeding, Purging,. 

 ^V. and his Heels alway:. kept as clean and fweet as 

 poffible, by wafhing with warm \A''atcr and Soap ; 



for 



