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C H A P. Cy^l\''*6f the Hoof-hound. 



THE Hoof-bound is nodiiiig elfa but a fhrinking in of the whole 

 Hoof inrheupperpartthereof, and at the heels, making the Skin 

 to Ita re above the Hoof, and to grow over the fame. It proceedeth 

 from keeping the Horfe*s Hoofs too dry in the Srable, or from ftrait 

 fhooing, or from Ibme unnatural heat after Foundring; and the Signs 

 of the Difeafe are; that the Horfe will, halt muchj and his Hoofs will 

 be hot ^ and if yop knock upon them wi:h a Hammer^ they ,will found 

 hollow like an empty Bottle ;■ and if both his feet be not Hoof-hound_, 

 then the fore foot will be ever the lelTcr; and you fhall alfo under- 

 ftand that this Difeafej of fomc Farriers^ /is called a dry foundring. 

 Now for the Cui-ethareiof, according, to the Opinion of th^^ancient 

 Farriers, it is thu§ ;- Take^ a Pound of the Sward of Baconj and a 

 quarter of a Pound ^of * White Soap, and a handful of Balm, and a 

 handful of Bay- Leaves, and four or five Branches of Rue, and {lamp 

 them well together; and thsn fry them, and lay them about the Cro- 

 netof the Hoof very hot, fuffering it To to. abide the fpace of five or 

 fix days, and then renew it; but in no cafe. lee him tread in any wet 

 place, aad this will help him.. , ' i 



Others of the ancient Farriers ufe, .firft to pull off his iJiooes, and 

 to (hooe him with half Moon fhooes, called Lunets, or Lunet, the 

 ihape whereof you lliall fee in another place ; then raze both the quar- 

 ters of the Hoof with a Drawing-Knife, from the.Cronet unto the foal 

 of the Foot, fo deep that you may fee the Dew come forth ; and if you 

 make two Razes on each fide, it fhall be fo much the better, and en- 

 large the Hoof the more ; that dona, anoint all the Hoof above, next 

 to the Cronet round about, with the Ointment defcribed before, in the- 

 laft Chapter of Cafting the Hoof, continuing fo to do every day once^ 

 until he begin to amend ; and let him be ridden upon fome foft ground 

 an hour or two every day once for the fpace of a Month ; and if he gc? 

 not well at the Months end, then take off the half lliooes, and pare 

 all the Soals, Fruflies, and all fo thin, that you may fee the Dew 

 come forth, and tack on a whole fliooe, and flop all the Foot within 

 with Hogs-greafe and Bran molten together, and laid very hot to the 

 Foot, renewing it every day once the (pace of nine days, to the intent 

 the foal may rife ; but if this will do no good, then take away the foal 

 clean, and clap on a whole (hooe, and f^op the Foot with Nettles and 

 Salt brayed together; yet ftop it not too hard, to the intent the fonl 

 may have liberty to rife; and let this be renewed every day once until 

 the foal be grown again ; and let him be fhod with Luner, and fo fent 

 to Grafs. Other Farriers ufe only to raife the Hoof from the Cronet 

 to the Verge of the Hoof in four or five places, and rub it twice or 



thrice 



