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it (the collar) soft and pleasant to the shoulders. 

 Should a buckle chafe in any part, remove it; or if 

 this cannot be conveniently done, let a safe be placed 

 under it. 



In order to cure a sore back, where the skin is off, 

 bathe the place every morning with warm water, 

 and also at night, when putting up ; taking care, after 

 each bathing, to apply a little ointment made of hog'A 

 lard and burnt alum, spread on a piece of linen ; (the 

 full size of the sore ;) and then be careful that the 

 pannel be so charnelled as to prevent chafing. A few 

 days will effect a cure. 



Again : if, from friction, the neck should become 

 raw before any injury is observed, no time should be 

 lost in bathing it with warm water, and rubbing in 

 the alum ointment, which may be obtained at any 

 chemist's. But mark, the collar must be prevented 

 touching the sore. When warm water is mentioned, 

 it is not meant to be more than temperately warm, 

 and not so hot as to scald ; yet still as warm as the 

 animal can conveniently bear it; for it should be 

 remembered that water only moderately hot to the 

 hand, may be sufficiently so to scald the horse. 



A breechen should always be used, in order to 

 prevent the crupper cutting the tail, in descending 

 hills. The crupper should also be loose ; a tight one 

 will often provoke a horse to kick ; even where the 

 tail is not rubbed into a state of rawness. 



It is proper to observe that the front of the winkers 

 be kept wide enough from the eyes of the horse» 

 This precaution will prevent the winkers pressing 

 upon and inflaming the eyes ; and at the same time 

 prevent him seeing behind them, as he mostly can 

 when they are tight in front. 



It is better to have the weight thrown off the back, 

 than upon it; that is to say, let the shafts at the back- 

 hand be rather too high than too low. It should 

 always be particularly observed whether the back- 



