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honey, or balls made with honey or treacle. 

 This medicine is of great ufe, when a horfe is 

 firfl feized with a fhivering fit, refufing his 

 food, and breaking out in clammy cold fweats ; 

 it may be repeated feveral times, at fix or eight 

 hours interval. Or, cummin-feeds, half a 

 pound ; bay-berries, and Jamaica pepper, each 

 four ounces ; myrrh, two ounces ; cloves, one 

 ounce ; powder fine and mix, ftop clofe. Said 

 to have fucceeded often in cafes of cold water 

 being drank, when the horfe was in a flate of 

 perfpiration. 



No. 4. The Pectoral Ball from Brack- 

 en. Take hall a pound of No. 3, or of the 

 common cordial ball, two ounces frefii hog- 

 lice or millipedes ; one ounce milk fulphur ; 

 half an ounce of cold fpecies of gum traga- 

 canih ; balfam of Tolu in fine powder, one 

 ounce ; chio turpentine half an ounce ; fy- 

 rup of balfam enough to form the balls. Give 

 half an ounce to three quarters twice a day, 

 before going out to exercife. This ball is 

 much recommended by the do61or, and is well 

 calciilated for a horfe which <has contra6led a 

 frefh cold and cough, but is fufficiently in 

 fpirits and vigour, to be able to work it off in 

 his exercife. It is very proper for a horfe in 

 training: Or, A good deterfive ®r cleatifing 

 ball may be made, by adding to any form of 

 cordial ball, fquills, Barbadoes tar, and Caftile 



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