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 dreiicb^ The mode of giving drenches is sufficiently 

 known ; the tongue being held by ihe fingers against 

 the jaw, or v/ithin the mouth, so as to be incapable 

 of pnsliing the horn away ; the head is elefated by 

 means of a noose introduced between the upper tushes 

 and grinders ; when the drink being poured into the 

 mouth, the torgrie is liberated, but not the head, 

 which nevertheless must not be held too high, or it 

 nnpedes swallow ing, and disposes the horse to resist. 



A bottle is not a safe vehicle to give a drench 

 from, though it is not an inconvenient one; for some- 

 times, in the struggles the horse makes, the neck may 

 be bit or broken off. In cases of locked jaw, a drench 

 might be given by pouring it down the nostrils. 



EXERCISE. 



Nothing is so convincing a proof of the necessity of 

 exercise to animals as their love of play in a state of 

 ilature ; from w hich natural act we likewise infer, 

 that it is maich more necessary to the young and to 

 the robust than to the old and weakly : this remark 

 should influence our domestic management of horses 

 and of dogs likewise. 



'' Horses and dogs live a life of art when they be- 

 come domesticated ; som.e of them more so than 

 others : a racer and a lady's lap dog are as remote 

 from a natural state as art can make them. Now, 

 as luxury has introduced these refinements, nature, 

 in order to keep pace w ith them, has introduced nu- 

 merous diseases, unknown in a state of nature : and as 

 animals thus artificially treated have a constant ten- 

 dency to fall into disease, it is our duty to counteract 

 it as much as lies iu our power. 



