Z62 NARROW-HEELS. 



How to dress a Canker in the Mouth. 



It will be proper to dress the horse's mouth 

 with this mixture, every morning and evening, in 

 the following manner. Take a small cane, or a 

 piece of whalebone, half a yard long, and tie a 

 linen rag, or a little tow, round one end; then dip 

 it into the mixture, and pass it up his mouth, and 

 gently remove it to all the affected parts, let him 

 champ it well about in his mouth ; after which let 

 him fast an hour, then give him meat as usual 



CHAP. XLIX, 



NARROW. HEELS. 



Narrow-heels are generally natural defects, 

 and are often rendered incurable by bad shoemg. 

 Farriers, in general, are very faulty in applying 

 their drawing knives to the feet of narrow-heeled 



