108 TAMING HORSES. 



stomach. Copious and timely bleeding is the 

 sheet-anchor on which we must depend. I shall, 

 however, give the following recipe, which has often 

 proved serviceable : Take of oil of peppermint, one 

 scruple; tincture of valerian, one ounce; assafoe- 

 tida, five drachms ; mix for a dose. 



