6% The CoMpIeat Horjentan : of, 



But if his near Hind-foot be white, it will re&ify 

 that blemifti. 



Every Horfe that is not White or Gray, is efteem- 

 ed the better for having a Star in his Forehead. You 

 inay eafily difcover when it hath been made by Art, 

 becaufe there will be no Hair in the middle of it, 

 and the white Hairs will be much longer than the 

 reft. 



The Hollanders roaft a large Onion in hot Afhes, 

 and being almofl: throughly roafted, they divide it 

 in two, and dip it into fcalding hot Walnut-Oil, 

 after which they immediately afply the flat fide of 

 it to that part of the Forehead where they intend to 

 make the Star, and there keep it for half an Hour, 

 and then take it away, and anoint the fcalded place 

 ■with the Ointment of Rofes : In a fhort time the 

 Scarf- Skin falls away, and there grows up in the 

 new one fome white Hairs, but the Star in the mid^ 

 die remains always without Hair, as was before ob- 

 ferved. 



CHAP. XVII. 



How to know if a Horfe have a good Jppetite, of 

 be fubject to the Tick. 



Bfifore you conclude your Bargain when you are 

 buying a Horfe, obferve if he eat heartily, 

 for tho ? there are fome great Feeders which are no 

 great Toilers •, yet there are very few which can 

 endure a long Fatigue, but what have excellent Ap- 

 petites, 



If a Horfe be light- bellied, it were convenient to 

 try him one Night, giving him fifteen or twenty 

 pound weight of Hay, and if there be none next 

 Morning remaining, he has a good Appetite. Ob- 

 ferve alfo if he drink well 



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