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Bran only, without giving him any Oats, keeping * 

 him well-litter'd. The reafon why you are to draw 

 the Heel-Nail is, becaufe the Feet fwell, and if 

 they were not thus eafed, the Shoes would prefs and 

 ftraiten them too much. It is alfo good to ftop 

 them with Cow-dung, but do not take the Shoes 

 off] nor pare the Feet, becaufe the Humours are 

 drawn down by it. 



The following Bath will much preferve your 

 Horfe's Legs. Take Cow or Ox-dung, and make it 

 thin with Vinegar, fo that it be but of the confift- 

 ence of thick Broth, and adding to it a handful of 

 fmall Salt, rub his Fore-Legs from the Knees, and 

 Hind-Legs from the Gambrels, by chafing them well 

 with and againft the Hair, that the Remedy may 

 penetrare and adhere to them, and that they may 

 be all covered over with it : And thus leave him till 

 Morning, not wetting his Legs, but giving him his 

 Water that Evening in a Pail. 



The next Morning lead him to the River, or walh 

 his Legs with Well-water, which is alfo very good, 

 and will keep his Legs from fwelling. Many times 

 when I have had no Vinegar, I have made ufe of 

 fimnle Water, and it fucceeded very well. 



Thofe who, to recover their Horfe's Feet, make a 

 Hole, which they fill with moiften'd Cow-dung, 

 and keep their Fore- feet in it, during the fpace of a 

 Month or fo. do very badly *, becaufe although the 

 continual moifture which isamongfl: the Cow-dung 

 caufes the Hoof to grow, yet it dries and fhrinks in 

 fo extreamly when out of that place, that it fplits 

 and breaks like Glafs, and the Foot immediately 

 ftraitens. For I allure you that Cow-dung, con- 

 trary to the Opinion of many People, fpoils a 

 Horfe's Hoofs : It doth indeed moiften the Sole, 

 but drieth up the Hoof, which is of a different na- 

 ture from it. Therefore to recover a Horfe's Feet, 

 you are rather in place of Cow-dung to fill a hole 



with 



