544 ^^^^ ^^f of Farriery 



this loathfome and nally Diflemper. Therefore, 

 imlefs the Greafe happens to be an Attendant of 

 fome inwrrd Difeafe or outward Accident, I cm of 

 Opinion what I have already faid about it may lead 

 any feniible Men to the Cure. 

 B'eedrg. Bleeding, Purging, Rowelling, and moft other 



r . ncctf- Evacuations take Place (according to Cuftom) in 

 "■ '7- the Cure cf the Greafe and Scratches. And when, 



as I have hinted, tliis Diilemper is the Attendant 

 (^ fome other Difeafe, v/hich proceeds from a ge- 

 neral Fulnefs of the Vcfiels, fuch Difchargcs are rc- 

 quifite and necelfary, v;ithout all manner of Difputc : 

 But then agrin to purge a Horfe within an Inch of 

 his Life, in order to carry off the Gre=:fe widi the 

 Excrements, is a Piece of mere Entliufiafm : For 

 Avhat thefe Adepts imi:gine to be Greafe is the na- 

 tural Mucus of the Guts ; which flimy Matter I ' 

 h.'.ve {hewn to be as necefiary in its Place, as the - 

 very Blood within the Veins. 



.1 mufc own, v^hcn a Hcrfe's Legs are very hot, 

 and enflamed, the Groom may over-do his Part in 

 rubbing them, cither with a Cloth or his Hands. 

 Therefore, in tlus Cafe, Moderation is to be ufed }*- 

 and if you will not turn the Horfe out in the Day-^j 

 tim.e *till his Limbs are cool'd and mads eafy, yo-U- 

 fhould order him into a very large Stall, if he-is^-- 

 r,ot in one already ; but what ctlier People think a^ 

 large Stall, may, in my Opinion, be othcrwife. - 

 For what I call a large one fhould be at Icaft fixi 

 Foot wide, that a tall Horfe may llioot out his Legs ■ 

 at Length, that fo the Biood may pafs along with- 

 out the Refinances it muft naturiiliy meet With when 

 a Horfe lies all on a Heap, or with his Legs under 

 Sta'lnot j^jjjj^ Furthermore it^ is ncceilarvt" that a Stable 

 l-ark\v5i5. fl^ou^d be fo paved that there be not too grest a De- 

 ■^•^r]^^;.:' ,^* clivifiy or Stecpnefj bsLwceti the fere and hind PntJ 

 Forfes ' of the Horfe. .For if he Hand too low with his 

 greafe of- \Xx\^ Leg<i, mofl; of hie Weight will reft upon them 

 li 'nYth-ui ^^^ S'^'^ ^'^^ ^^ Greafe, elpecially if he is in the 

 twioie.' loaft. inciinable to what we term gcurdy Legs. And 



I really 



