TASLES. 



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TO THE PUBLISHERS. 



Should you have anywhere a spare corner, please enter a protest 

 in my name, against the cruel practice recommended, of firing for 

 the lampas ; which takes its name from the brutal custom among 

 old farriers, but now abandoned in England, of burning the swell- 

 ing down with a red-hot lamp-iron. In most cases, it will soon 

 subside of itself, especially if a few mashes be given, aided by a 

 gentle alterative. If need be, a few moderate cuts may be made 

 across the bars with a pen-knife. 



Founder may be cured, and the traveller pursue his journey the 

 next day, by giving a table-spoonful of alum ! This I got from Dr. 

 P. Thornton, of Montpeliei, Rappahannoc county, Virginia, aa 

 founded en his own observation in seveial cases. 



. S.S 



