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We (hall clofe this chapter, however, 

 with the following, which has long been 

 in great efteem, and is by fome thought 

 to be an infallible cure for the bite of a 

 mad dog. 



TAKE fix ounces of rue ; Venice A drink 

 treacle, garlick, and tin fcraped, of ^^^ ^^^^' 

 each four ounces •, boil in two quarts J^°"^ 

 of ale over a gentle fire to the con- 

 fumption of half; llrain off from 

 the ingredients, and give the horfe 

 four or five ounces every morning 

 failing. 



The ingredients may be beat in a mor- 

 tar, and applied daily to the wound as 

 a poulcice. 



CHAP. XLIir.f ' 



Of Gelding, Docking, and Nicking 

 of HORSES. 



TO treat of the operations in. far- 

 riery, is fomewhat foreign to our 

 original defign ; but as we have a ne.v 

 apparatus and method to ofrer, con- 



Y cerning 



