DYSPEPSIA. 5 



touched him accidentally, while at the same 

 time they serve to keep him awake. 



Loosen the girths frequently when you 

 alight, and when you stop for anytime remove 

 the saddle and wash his back. The beast will 

 thank you with his grateful eyes. 



Do not give him water when hot, excepting 

 enough to wet his mouth. Feed him when 

 cool, but feed neither him nor yourself im- 

 mediately before starting, nor when greatly fa- 

 tigued. The neglect of this precaution may 

 induce dyspepsia for a horse as well as for a 

 man. I am writing for people upon whom this 

 treatment is urged that they may avoid or be 

 cured of that distressing malady. It is old as 

 the world. It came from the indigestible ap- 

 ples of the Garden of Eden. 



Virgil thus describes it : 



*' — rostroque immanis vultur obunco 

 Immortale jecur tondens fecundaque poenis 

 Viscera rimaturque epulis, habitatque sub alto 

 Pcctore, nee fibris requies datur ulla renatis.'* 



That is a vivid description of dyspepsia. It 

 is what the priestess thought as worth her 

 while to take Aeneas down to hell to behold, 

 that among other terrible sights he might see 

 poor Tityus in one of its fits. 



