THE horse's rescue. 49 



*' Half a pint once a week, and I keep rosin in his 

 feed-box all of the time." 



"I see his legs are swelled," 



"Yes." 



" Do anything for that?" 



"Yes. I have used gargling oil, Anderson's derm- 

 adore, liniments, and all kinds of liniments I could 

 hear of." 



" I see he is sore under his fetlocks." 



"Yes; that is scratches." 



" Ever done anything for them ?" 



" Yes ; I have tried all kinds of salves I could think 

 of, and I bound live toads under his fetlocks; and a 

 fellow told me to make a poultice of human dung." 



"Well, how did that work?" 



" It drew out the inflammation." 



"Did it?" 



" Yes ; when I put it on every few days." 

 - " I see some enlargements here," 



"Those are wind-puffs. They don't hurt him any. 

 Some say the cause of these legs swelling is yellow 

 water." 



" I know they do. Did you ever give him anything 

 for that ?" 



" Yes, I have." 



" Help him ?" 



" No." 



" It does have that appearance,^ looking him over. 

 What is this inside? He is swelled here and sore." 



" I never saw that before. That is called the sec- 

 ond stifle by some. Yes, he has strained himself prob- 

 ably getting up." 



