2 ■ General DireBtons In 



efFecSs of intemperance in the hum^ 

 body. 



Foreign- In France^ Germany^ and 'Denmark^ 

 crsdepeiid hoiTes are feldom purged -, they depend 

 Xmives^!^^^^ much on Alteratives ; the ufe of the 

 thanpurg-^i^^^ ^^ antimony, we have from the 

 ing medf- French^ which is in general a good medi- 

 cines cine for that purpofe, and may, in many 



cafes, often be fubllituted in the room of 



purging. 



3^^^^^, As Hay is io material an article in a 



be pfo- ^^'"^^'^ ^^"^ g^'^^t c^^e ^Q"^d be taken to 

 cured. procure the bed ; when it is not extraor- 

 dinary, theduft (liould be well fhookouc, 

 before it is put in the rack \ for fuch hay 

 is very apt to breed vermin. 



Caution Beans afford the flrongefl: nourifhment 

 concern- of all grain, but are fitted for laborious 

 '"g "^'horfes; except on particular occafions. 

 In fome feafons they breed a kind of 

 vermin called the red bugs, which is 

 thought to be dangerous ; the bed me- 

 thod, in fuch cafe, is to procure them well 

 dried and jplit. 



Cautions Bran fcalded is a kind of Panada to 



in the ufe ^ fj^,]^ hovk \ but nothing is worfe than 



a too frequent ufe of it, either dry or 



fcalded 3 for it relaxes and weakens the 



bowel* 



