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danger of ahorse choking himself if the stableman take 

 the most ordinary precautions is purely imaginary. 



2. The different grains, before being given to the 

 horse, may be prepared as follows : 



Oats and wheat, bruised. 



Gram, Indian corn, and rice in husk, roughly broken ; 

 the last mentioned may be previously parched. 



Barley, parched and roughly broken. If the parch- 

 ing be dispensed with, this grain should at first be 

 cautiously given to the animal, as it is tben apt to 

 " scour" him. 



3. The following forms a list of Indian foods, calcu- 

 lated to maximum amounts : 



I have assumed Indian oats to contain about a quarter 

 less nutriment than English corn. 



Bearing in mind the difficulty there often is in 

 procuring certain grains in many parts of India, I 



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