310 A STAR IN THE FOREHEAD. 



How to chano^e ojrey Hairs bl u-k. 



are entirely owing to the saddle pinching those 

 parts. — The above method will be found to be 

 nearly similar, and to answer the same intention. 

 There is another deception used amongst the 

 lower order of horse-dealers ; namely, the chang- , 

 ing of the grey hairs that grow upon the face of. 

 old horses to a bright black colour. This may, 

 be done by the application of the following 

 jnixture, 



(RECIPE, No. 185.) 



Take — Lunar caustic, a drachm and a half: 



J^ut it into an ounce bottle, and fill it up mih 

 water, 



A small bit of linen dipped in this solution 

 (after the caustic is completely dissolved, ) may 

 be applied to the grey hairs on the face, or in any 

 other part of the body ; a quantity sufficient to 

 moisten them, is in general deemed enough. 

 Perhaps, if the grey hairs were first washed with 

 half an ounce of soda, dissolved in half a pint of 

 -water, the caustic solution might have a better 

 effect. -i 



