106 INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. 



dently contracted. Ergo, might it not cause his blind- 

 ness, from the inflamed washer effecting and causing that 

 film over the sight? Without much thought I cut the cord 

 in each ear directly off, clean and clear ; this was thirty 

 years ago, but I have a most distinct recollection of it, 

 as it seemed a hollow tube ; at all events, the eyes in a 

 few days began to look better. True, I fed him salts 

 freely, and cooling food, and in a week's time he seem- 

 ingly had as fine an eye in his head as you would desire. 

 A party came to see him, who became so pleased with the 

 horse that he insisted on buying him, knowing all the 

 circumstances. I parted with him reluctantly for one 

 hundred and fifty dollars, and often heard of him as 

 being foremost in many a deer-hunt, but never set my eyes 

 on him after. However, presumed if he was able to be at 

 some good ones in a day's hunt, that his eyes stood him 

 in good stead. 



