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a tablespoonf ul to be given in a mash for twenty- 

 one nights, and every fourth morning half a pint 

 of pm-e linseed oil administered as a drench. 



Every one should be able to feel a horse's 

 pulse, which is most conveniently felt where the 

 artery passes over the under jaw at the bottom of 

 the cheek. It may range from 34 to 42 beats per 

 minute. This with the respirations from 8 to 12 

 per minute, is generally correct, but it is subject 

 to variation from the surrounding temperatures 

 of the stable, and of the animal, and whether 

 before or after feeding. 



The temperature of the horse ranges in health 

 from 100 to 101, the former being most usual ; 

 but if all other indications point to good health, 

 such variation of temperature may be accepted as 

 normal. 



An artery is sometimes severed out hunting, 

 and the general course of them should be studied, 

 to be able to apply pressure by a makeshift 

 tourniquet, until a clot of blood has formed, and 

 the bleeding stopped. If no one is able to perform 

 this office, the horse may easily bleed to death, 

 when it could otherwise be saved. The writer 

 has occasionally used dry grass twisted into 

 lumps, or a smooth pebble wrapped in a handker- 

 chief, utilising a latch-key, pocket-knife, or bit of 

 stick from the nearest hedge, to tighten the make- 

 shift bandage and by twisting it to hold it in its 

 place ; the two ends of the handkerchief should 

 be knotted together after they have been placed 

 round the leg. On two occasions when the facial 

 artery had burst it was easy to keep the bandage 

 in its place by adjusting the noseband so that it 

 could be strapped tightly over the injury. 



Hunters are apt to get staked in the abdomen. 



