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have found the appetite of the horfe fo keen as 

 to require reftraiat, left the quantity fliould 

 exceed his digellive powers. It is a property 

 of good aloes to increafe the appetite and pro- 

 mote digeftion ; the aloe is alfo an excellent 

 diuretic, and, as I have more than once ex- 

 perienced, fcents and colours the urine, a dif- 

 charge of which is fometimes promoted in a 

 very fhort time after taking the medicine. My 

 method of taking aloes is to encloie it in pellets 

 of chewed bread, by v^diich method the pill 

 has no tafte of the aloetic bitter; a hngle pill 

 or two will perhaps ferve for common occa- 

 fions. 



• A horfe which ufually flands unclothed, 

 fliould have a flieet thrown over him during 

 phyfic. The habitual temperature of air in the 

 ftable may be preferved, with the caution of 

 obviating all partial currents, more particularly 

 fliould the weather turn out cold or wer. In 

 cafe of wet, the horfe fliould not ftir into the 

 open air, or wliere rain may be blown upon 

 him. For want of better convenience, turn him 

 about, and walk him up and down the ftable, if 

 neceftary, to quicken the purge. If the weather 

 permit, put on his hood, and take him out two 

 or three times in the dav, half an hour each 

 time. The purge operating freely, only walk 

 him ; if otherwife, let him trot a little, but 

 gently, and at his caCe, the rider by no means 



hurrying, 



