BOOK I. and Expert Ferrier, ^^ 



or five miles from home, alight from him and walk him, fbm- 

 times flandiflgftill tofeeif youmay provoke him to Itaie, for 

 it is very wholefome and good, which you may aifo do well to 

 attempt when you difmount and walk him down any hill j and 

 fome three miles before you come to your journies end, ride 

 him into fome River or other watering place, unto his belly, 

 but no deeper in any wife, and then let him drink, yet not fo 

 much at the firltas he defireth, but by degrees, firft taking up 

 bis head to caufe him to wafh his mouth, whereby to free it 

 from filth and fome j then let him drink half his draught, and 

 laftly fo much as in reafbn he will : then obferve upon what 

 pace you brought him to the water, vath the fame pace (and 

 neither foftlier nor falter j ride him a mile or better, by which 

 time he will have warmed the water in his Belly, without tak- 

 ing cold or harm. This watering him thus will very much, 

 refrclh him, caufe him to forget his wearifomnefs, and when he 

 fhall come to eat, it will be with very good Appetite, which o* 

 therwife he would not have done. A mile at leafl; before you 

 come to your journeys end, flack your pace, and begin to go 

 more foftly, to the end he may not be too hot when he fhall be 

 letup, have him without delay into the Stable warm, well lit- 

 tered up to the Belly ^ but take heed you fuiFer him not to be 

 either walked^ er v/afhed, for thefe two things are very per- 

 nicious, and moft dangerous for him, and the caufe of more fick- 

 nefs, forances, and death to Horfes, than of all other things 

 befides. So foon as you have brought him into the Stable, the 

 firft thing you do, off with your coat, and tye him up to the 

 empty Rack : then litter him up to the Belly, ungird him, take 

 off his Saddle, rub his back with fpeed, and put his Cloth upon 

 him, and upon that his Saddle again, and gird him with his 

 Surfingle, then make clean his ftirrops, ftirrop-leathers and 

 Girts, and rub him down both Legs, Belly, Body, BreaI^, 

 Head, Face, and Neck, and fo ftuffe him up with clean dry 

 ftraw, and let him ftand fo upon the Bit an hour, evermore 

 looking upon him, left he fweat a-new ^ which if you fhall per- 

 ceive, then to allay it, take away fome of theftrav/ wherewith 

 he is ftuffed, and he will cool again j if. you find him in good 

 temper, unbridle him,, and walh his mouth Vvith water and 

 fait, and wafh alfo his Bit, and fo bridle him up again, and 



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