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trough, but will stand with his head up, staring and 

 looking wildly about him. A horse of this sort should 

 be tried with some water as soon as he goes into the 

 stable, and as I have before observed, as an inducement 

 to him to drink, a little oatmeal or bran may be mixed 

 in it. If he will not drink it on its being offered, the 

 bucket of water may be put down at the end of the 

 stall, and when the horse is round, having his head 

 and neck dressed, he will sometimes take it quietly of 

 himself ; the boy should allow him to do this without 

 noticing him, for if the boy stops dressing his neck or 

 fore legs, the horse will most likely stop drinking, 

 which would be a pity, for if these delicate horses can 

 be brought to drink but moderately, they will many of 

 them feed much better after it, which is a_^ matter of 

 consideration. 



Race-horses, like many others, are at times affected 

 with diabetes, or what by grooms is more commonly 

 called, the jawpiss. This disease is generally brought 

 on either by the change of food or water. Horses in 

 common use, as those of the army, when fed on ship 

 oats, which may have been heated by lying too long 

 in the vessel, become immediately affected with this 

 disease in a violent degree. There are particular herbs 

 in the hay which will sometimes produce it, as will 

 also hard brackish water. The first step towards a 

 cure is, to remove the cause which may have produced 

 the disease, by changing either the food or the water; 

 and the remedy generally had recourse to, is that of 

 mixing lime in the water, by putting it either into the 



