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the mouth, much of the medicine is generally lost, and no little of it, 

 guided bj the inserted fingers of the operator, is apt to find its way- 

 down the sleeve of his left arm. 



To remedy these obvious defects, the tip of the horn was sawn off; 

 while a piece of wood supplied a bottom to the larger extremity. A 

 rude bottle was thus formed that would hold a larger amount of- fluid, 

 and from which the medicine could flow more gradually. The smaller 

 opening afforded greater facilities for inserting that end between the 

 horse's extended jaws, and was less likely to pain, when introduced into 

 the animal's mouth. Still, drinks usually consisted of much more than 

 the horn of an ox would contain, and as the smaller opening demanded 

 greater care, when the article was being replenished, little time was 

 saved by the last improvement. 



A TIN BOTTLE TO HOLD THBEE PINTS. 



THE MANNER OP USXNQ THE TIN BOTTLE. 



A large tin bottle was next employed. It is of dimensions sufficiently 

 capacious to require no replenishing ; this was an advantage in one direc- 

 tion, an objection in the other ; for in proportion to size it became incon- 

 venient to transport. It rather aggravated than ameliorated the fault 

 urged against drinks, because of their bulk. The mode of its employ- 

 ment is made plain in the right-hand illustration, where a loop of string 

 is depicted as hung upon the prong of a pitchfork, and is made to do 

 duty for a twitch — such a substitute being far from unusual, even in 

 well-appointed stables. 



Should the operator, having much fluid at command, fill the mouth 

 too full, or the animal cough during the time of its administration, the 

 administrator is saturated with the medicme. Any irritation of the 

 larynx is invariably productive of this effect; the result of which a 

 reader will the better understand, after the relative situation of those 

 who are engaged in delivering a drench is fully comprehended. 



The misfortunes which the delivery of drinks almost necessarily in- 



