154 THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



' harsh ' lookmg hair and lack of condition. An 

 old powder we used to give our horses as a 

 corrective once or twice a week was composed of 

 Flowers of Sulphur, White Resin, Nitre, and 

 Black Antimony in equal quantities. A table- 

 spoonful in a warm bran mash is a dose. In 

 cases of indigestion a tablespoonful may be given 

 once a day for two or three weeks and a bottle 

 of Linseed oil (three gills) should be given 

 every fourth morning till three doses have been 

 taken. 



There are many causes for Diarrhoea which it 

 is perhaps scarcely necessary to enumerate. One 

 of them however may be referred to as it con- 

 veys a warning, and that is large doses of aloes, 

 the over-purging from which sometimes develops 

 into diarrhoea. Diet is of course an important 

 point. Water must not be given and oats, hay, 

 and bran mashes should be avoided. Dry bran 

 or afterwards bran slightly damped is sufficient 

 in the way of food. Wheat flour gruel should be 

 given and in a sharp attack a teacupful of starch 

 dissolved in a quart of warm water with 60 drops 

 of laudanum added may be given with advantage. 

 Where great weakness supervenes a bottle of 

 port will be found beneficial. But need I insist 

 that obstinate cases of diarrhoea are not to be 

 played with ? 



Worms are a constant pest to the horse, who 

 suffers from several varieties of them. Bots, 

 which are the grubs of the Gadfly, do not seem to 

 have a very prejudicial effect on him. They are 



