210 A HUNTING CATECHISM 



that a favourite remedy for indigestion was to 

 cook up a mess of chalk, like porridge, and add 

 it to a bran mash. In this case, as in most others, 

 the proof of the pudding was in the eating. 



For this reason, when giving carrots in the 

 winter time, it is as well not to have them 

 washed too clean, unless they have been grown 

 on a sandy soil, for sand is apt to cause indi- 

 gestion. 



In England many articles of food are neglected, 

 that are much valued elsewhere, and an excellent 

 " salad " for horses is too often cast aside — the 

 green-tops, and outer stalks of celery, of which 

 horses get inordinately fond when once they 

 have acquired a taste for them. Other items, too, 

 are chicory leaves, dandelions, and watercress, all 

 of which are most valuable blood-purifiers, when 

 first they push their leaves in the spring. 



A very good physic ball is composed of — 



Aloes 3 to 4 drachms. 



Gentian 2 drachms. 



Ginger 1 drachm; 



the addition of these last two ingredients being a 

 powerful factor in preventing griping. The balls 

 should be enveloped in gelatine capsules. 



If a horse does not feed well after the physic is 

 " set," give in a pint of warm water : 



Gentian ... ... ... ... ... ^ oz. 



Nitric Ether ^ oz. 



Excellent alterative powders, especially for a 

 horse that is debilitated, are made of — 



Flower of Sulphur 4 oz. 



White Resin ,, 



Black Antimony ,, 



Prepared Nitre ... ,, 



