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sponge or soft rag the day before hunting, or oftener if necessary ; 

 keep it closely corked when not in use. 



As a cure a strong solution of salt and alum and water, or 

 salt and water, is generally used in South Africa ; and fresh cow- 

 dung applied as a plaster is used with great success by natives and 

 others. 



For ulcerations caused by saddle galls, wash the wound with hot 

 water, and apply a solution of caustic, made with ogrs. to loz. 

 distilled water, with a camel hair brush, and dress with an ointment 

 composed of lOgi's. red precipitate to loz, yellow basilicon, and 

 J^dr. of glycerine, all mixed together. Apply this for a few days 

 till nearly healed, then an ointment made with lOgr, i:ed precipitate 

 to loz. lard. 



Prevention is at all times better than cure : below we give the 

 means of doing this as followed by the experienced in various parts 

 of the world. If in England get a '"mumnah." They are sold by 

 all London saddlers, as nothing beats them. They are placed 

 under the saddle, and, however badly it may be stuffed, or thin the 

 animal may be, the back will never become sore from rubbing or 

 pinching. When taken off, the mumnah should be allowed to dry 

 in the sun, and then, should any grease or dirt have formed on it, 

 beat it gently with a stick. The mumnah is made of compressed 

 hair ; it is used in our cavalry now. and has been found on service 

 to be of the greatest benefit. A good thing to do to a horse's 

 back, when first starting on a march, is to bathe the loins and 

 withers with a solution of salt and water, as it has the effect of 

 hardening the skin. Should a mumnah not be obtainable a piece of 

 common "blanket, folded four times and frequently washed, is good. 

 A saddle should be so stuffed that a riding whip can be passed 

 underneath between the back bone and saddle. Felt has been 

 recommended thus used : Get some felt at least a quarter of an inch 

 thick ; cut it into six strips the length of the inside of the saddle from 

 the cantle to the pommel, two strips of 2in. wide, two of about 

 oin.. and two wide enough to go from the outside edge of the cantle 

 stuffing to near the centre or dip. Sew the pieces of 2in, exactly 

 in the middle on the stuffing, from pommel to cantle, one on each 

 side ; the pieces of oin. sew over those of 2in,, and the other two 

 pieces over one and two ; this will raise the saddle clear of a horse's 

 withers and back bone, and will also preserve the stuffing of a 

 saddle for a long time, and can be easily renewed by fresh pieces 

 when it is observed that the saddle is getting too near the horse's 

 back. 



