j88 Of the FARCIN or FARCY. 



proud fle(h, after which it may be kept 

 down by touching with oil of vitriol, 

 aqua fortis, or butter of antimony. A 

 falve may alfo be prepared with quick- 

 filver and aqua fortis, rubbing any quan- 

 tity of the former with enough of the 

 latter to the confidence of a liniment -, 

 fmear the ulcers with this whenever they 

 appear foul, and you will find it prefera- 

 ble to moil other eating medxines. 



Cautions Our farriers, after opening the buds, 

 in regard p^^ jj^ ufually a fmall quantity of corro- 

 to the ufe ^^^^^ fublimate or arfenick, which they call 



of lubii- . 1 r 1 • r 



mate. conng out the larcy: this may anlwer 

 "where the buds are few, and not fituated 

 near large blood-vefiTels, joints, or ten- 

 dons ; others ufe roman vitriol, or fub- 

 limate and vitriol, in equal quantities ; 

 but let it be remembered, that many a 

 horfe has been poifoned by thefe medi- 

 cines ignorantly ufed, and in too large 

 quantities \ which fliould be a caution to 

 huntfmen not to fuffer their hounds to 

 feed on the carcafes of farcied horfes, as 

 the greatefl part of a pack have been poi- 

 foned by that m»eans. 



Very dcf- I fhall now mention fome of the def- 

 perare perate methods, and more violent kinds 

 methods ^f niedicines eiven by fome internally : 

 "^^^"^ ^ 4 thus, 



