19 . Gejteral DireBionSy &c. 



or fortnight two hours at a time, twice a 

 day ; after this ufage for a month, bleed 

 him again, and give him tv/o or three 

 times a week fcalded bran, v/hich wiil 

 prepare him for purging phyfick, that 

 may now be ^given fafeiy, and repeated at 

 the uluai intervals. 



Obferva- V/hen a horfe comes out of a dealer's 

 tion. hands his cloathing muft be abated by de- 

 grees, and care taken to put him in a mo- 

 derately warm flabie : otherwife the fud- 

 den trandtion would be attended with the 

 word confequences. 



Signs of It is a certain proof of amendment in 

 healthand ^ horfe's confiitutlon, when his cravins: 

 amena- ^c.^^ water abates ; for while his blood is 

 thick or fizy, his mouth is generally dry 

 and clammy, and his fecretions imperfe<5t. 

 Another good fign is* when on exercife 

 his fvv^eatincr abates, and does not turn 

 white like foap lather, but runs off like wa- 

 ter: this is in general a fure fign that the 

 blood and juices are attennuated and 

 amended : for while they continue in their 

 viTcid ftate, the fweats of courfe will be 

 frothy and clammy. 



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