66 SURFEITS AND HIDEBOUND. 



Symptoms of a Surfeit in Horses. 



within and on the outside, with a feather dipped 

 in the mixture : afterwards let burnt alum, mixed 

 with bole armenic, be strewed over it, which will 

 soon dry and heal it up. 



CHAP. XIII. 



SURFEITS AND HIDEBOUND. 



Surfeits in horses proceed from various 

 causes, and are chiefly owing to some long conti- 

 nued disease that has been badly cured. 



A horse is said to be surfeited when his coat 

 stares, is of a dirty, rusty colour, and the skin full 

 of scabs and scurf, which if rubbed off return 

 again. Others have small lumps like beans or 

 peas, which are frequently occasioned by the 



