^^ Of Cures Phy fecal. Lib. I. 



bright, yet the Ordure fo foluble and loofe, that it cometh from the 

 Koi-fe like Water, then you fhallund^rftand, that either the Horfe hath 

 eaten up fome Feather, or elfe he hath an inward Coldnefs both in Sto- 

 raach and Bowels. 



If a l-jorfe's Dung be of a reafonable thicknefs, neither too Coftive, 

 ror too Soluble, yet the G'rf^;^;??/} inclined to fome BUcknefs, it is a fign 

 that the Horfe hath a hot Stomach, and is eafdy fubjed either to Tellows 

 or Staggers. 



If the Horfe's Dung be in round hard Pellets, and of a ^/^c/^//J;-greeii 

 Coloirr, like the Dung of Sheev^ or a Deer, then it is without fail, that 

 the Horfe hath had fome great Surfeit, either by Over-riding or by ill 

 Food, or elfe is certainly poifeft either of the fellowsy or Fever, or Foun- 

 driiig in the Body. 



Now if your Horle be fed only upon Straw, then its Colour will be of 

 a high-coloured Yellow, rather Coftive than Soluble, and the Grain there- 

 of long, and not well couched together : And all thefe be good iigns of 

 great healthfulnefs ^ but if the Colour be inclined to rednefs, or if it be 

 exceeding dry without moifture, or if it be thin like the Dung of an Ox 

 or Cow, they all be apparent figns of inward Sicknels ^ but if the Red- 

 iiefs turn to Blacknefs, and that his Ordure doth lofe the ftrength of its. 

 fmelling, then it a great lign of Death and Mortality. 



If your Horfe be fed with Hay and Provender, then your perfeft and 

 found Dung will be of a Brown-yellow Colour, the Grain fomewhat long,, 

 yet moift and well fixt together •, but if the Brownnels turn to Rednefs, 

 it is a fign of Diflemperature^ and if it turn to Blacknefs, then of Death. 

 Kow for the fmell of his Dung, you muft underftaiid, that the more Pro* 

 vender you give, the greater will be the fmell, and the lefs Provender, 

 the lefs fmell. 



Lafcly, If you feed your Horfe only upon Provender, as Bread, Oats, 

 and fuch like, then the Dung which ihews a perfeft and a found Body,, 

 will be of a pale yellow Colour like courle Honey, firm , like a 

 thick Salve, having within it -vhen you tread upon it or break it, little 

 'white Grains, like thofe which are in Soap ^ or if the Dung be harder, 

 like the ordinary Ordure of a Man, it is not amifs , For both be figns of 

 Health and Strength ^ and if the Dung look Red, then it is a fign that 

 the jh'ofe hath taken fome inward Heat, and his Stomach and Bowels do 

 rell: ftill inflamed. 



If his Dung be Brown and Slimy, or if it ihine and look grefie, it is a 

 fign that he hath had fome of his inward Greafe molten,andthat it refteth. 

 ai^d putrifteth in his Body ^ but if with his Dung, you fee him void great 

 Clods and Lumps of Greafe, then you may be alTured that his Greafe 

 was molten, but Nature hath overcome [Infirmity, and the worfl 

 Danger is paft already, but if the Dung; be. Matter undigefled. 



