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confiderable time. And to cool their Blood it will 

 not be amifs to give them three or four Clyfterl, 

 If their Flanks do not recover, give them the Pow- 

 der for Purfy Horfes defcribed in the Second Pan. 



If the Horfe be very lean, it will be proper to 

 give him fome wet Bran every Night, over and 

 above his proportion of Oats. Grafs is excellent 

 for him, if he be not purfy. 



If it be a Mare, give her a Horfe, and if Ihe ne- 

 ver had a Foal before, it will enlarge her Belly. 



Sometimes exceflive Feeding may do more harm 

 than good, by making Horfes fubjecl: to the Farcy : 

 Therefore give not too great a quantity at a time, 

 and take a little Blood from them now and then. 



Cut Straw, mixed with Oats, is good to prevent 

 a Horfe's eating of them too greedily, and being 

 of it felf a very good Food, is mighty wholfome for 

 them ^ that which is fmallefr, cut is the bell. 



When a Horfe begins to drink heartily, it is a cer- 

 tain fign that he will in a fhort time recover. 



G H A P. XXI. 



Of the Art of Shoeing, or the true and exaff Me~ 

 tbod of Shoeing all forts of Feet, he they never 

 fo bad or deformed* 



THere are two Methods of Shoeing. The firfl is, 

 to (hoe for the advantage of the Foot, and 

 according to its nature and Shape to fit fuch Shoes to 

 it as may make it better than it is •, and if ft be 

 good, may preferve and keep it from becoming 

 The fecond method is, that which difguifetb 

 Foot, and maketh it appear good when really it is 

 not •, which Method, altho' in time it wholly ru- 

 ines the Foot, yet Horfe- Courfers, who have no 

 other defiga but to fell and put off their Horfes, do 



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