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CHAP. CLXXXIX. How to fnah an old Hovfefeem yoiuig, 



TAke a fmall crooked Iron, no bigger than a Wheat-Corn, and having 

 made it red hot, burn a little black hole in the tops of the two utmoit 

 Teeth of each iide the neather Chap before, next to the Tufhes, and then 

 with an Awl blade prick if, and make the Shell fine and thin ; then with 

 a fharp Scraping-Iron, make all his Teeth white and clean : This done, 

 take a fine Lancer, and above the hollows of the Horfe's Eyes which are 

 fhrunk down, make a little hole only but thro' the Skin, and then raifing 

 it up, put in a Quill that is very fmall, as the Quil of a Raven, or fuch 

 like: And then blow the Skin full of Wind, till all the hollownefs be 

 filled up, and then take out the Quill, and lay your Finger a little while 

 on the hole, and the Wind will ftay in, and the Horfe's Countenance will 

 be as if he were but fix years old at the molt. 



CHAP. CXC. How to make a Hovfe that he JJ} Jill not neigh either in company ^ 



or when he is ridden. 



IF either when you are in Service in the Wars, and would not be difco- 

 vered, or vi-hen upon any other occafion, you would not have your 

 Horfes to neigh, or make a noife, you fhill take a lift of woollen Cloth, 

 and tie it fait in many folds about the midftof your Horfe's Tongue ^ and 

 believe it, fo long as the Tongue is fo tied, fo long the Horfe can hy no 

 means neigh, or make any extraordinary noife with his voice, as has been 

 often tried and approved of. 



Chap. CXCl. How to make a Hjrfe exceeding quick and nimble of the Spur. 



IF your Horfe be either dull of the Spur thro' his natural inclination or 

 thro' tiring, or any other Accident, you fliall firft fhave him the 

 breadth of a Saucer on both fides, juft in the Spurring-place, on both fides 

 the Vein, then with a Lancet make fix IfTues or fmall Orifices on both 

 fides i then raifing the Skin from the Flefh, you fliall put into the holes a 

 pretty quantity of burnt Salt, which will make the Sore to rankle. 



In this fort you (hall keep it three Days, and by no means ride the Horfej 

 the third Day being ended, you (hall fet a Child on his Back with Spurs, 

 and make him fpur the Horfe in the Sore place, which done, you (hall 

 wafh the place with Pifs, Salt, and Nettles fodden well together, and it 

 will make his Sides fmarc fo extremely, that he will never abide the Spur 

 after. 



Now you Ihall let him ftand after his wafhlng three Days more and 

 then take half a pint of Honey, and with it anoint his Sides once a Day 

 till they be whole. Alfo rub his Sides with the Powder of Glafs, and 

 it will do the like. r-xin % 



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