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Foot, but finds no Caufe of Lamenels there, whereupon the Gentleman 

 defpairing of his Recovery, is often pre fled by the Jockey to fell him at 

 half the Worth, or fw^p him for fome dull Jade, tbst he or fome of his 

 Comrades have near at hand, who having got the Gentleman's Horfe, by 

 uncramping or letting loofe the Vein render him as at hrfh 



3. The Third Cheat they put upon Travellers is this : Coming into a 

 Country Inn, their firit walk is into the Stable, where taking a view of 

 the Horfes, they fingle out the belt for their purpofe, dcmt^nding of the 

 Hoftler, who that fine Horfe belongs to, who ignorant of any Defign, 

 freely tells them^ then they place their Horfes next him, and feem only 

 to feed, or rub them down, and order the Hoftler to fetch a peck of Oats, 

 the which whilft he is gone to do, they thruft a Stone about the big- 

 rels of a Tennis-Bail into his Fundament, one of which they have always 

 ready ; it not havings been in a quarter of an Hour before the Horfe begins 

 to fweat mightily, and fall a trembling and flaring, as if his Eyes were 

 ready to ftart out of his Head, fo that a white Foam, foon after, covers 

 many places about him, which the Hoftler obferving, runs to the Gentle- 

 man that owns him, and tells him his Uorfe is eying-, at which, ftarting 

 up, he runs to the Stable and finds him in a bad Plight, not knowing 

 what to think, or if he do, conjtfturts he is poifoned, and in a confufed 

 hurry, enquires for a Farrier, or Horfe-Doftor, when as Mr. Jockey fteps 

 in, and asketh what is the matter, as if he, poor harmlefs Fellow, knew 

 nothing of it^ but quickly underftanding the Bufinefs, begins both to 

 pitty the Horfe and Gentleman, the former for his milerabie Condition, 

 and the latter for the Danger he is in of lofing his Horfe, when thus heap- 

 plies himfelf : Sir, I am forry to fee your Horfe in fo bad a Plight^ then 

 puts; in to buy him at a Venture, live or die, the which if he cannot do 

 handlomely, he undertakes to cure him, telling the Gentleman, that tho' 

 it is not his ufual Cuftome to meddle with, yet he will undertake, for 

 Forty Shillings, to warrant his Life; The Gentleman confents, rather than 

 to loofe a Horls worth Twenty Pounds •, then for a fhew he gives him a 

 Drench, and takes Opportunity to vvithdraw the Store, and within half 

 an Hour's fpace the Horfe will be perfectly well, and fo they fob the 

 Ignorant. 



CHAP. XXVni. How to Bp the Manes and Tails of mite Hcrfes. 



TAke two Ounces of Madder, fold by Druggifts, beat it coaifly, and 

 put it into a Glafing Pot, which will endure the Fire, with three 

 half Pints of Claret- Wine, and a fmall Glafs full of Olive or Walnut Oilj 

 put the Horfes Tail, or Mane into the Pot, ftopping it all clofe about 

 with a coarfe Clotli, or Wifps of Hay or Straw, that ricre of it may 

 evaporate ; then hold beneath the Pot a ChafiRdifh full of Burning Coals, 

 blowing it with a pair of Bellows, and fteeping it fo, until the Liquor 



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