Part I. PerfeB Farrier. v 129 



Blood-letting is neceflary by way of prevention, 

 for all Hcrfes which feed well and labour little. 

 It fliould be done twice a Year. 



It hath alfo its Inconveniences, when pradtifed 

 nnfeafonably ; for then it maketh a revulfion of the 

 Spirits, which are the fource of ftrength and natu- 

 ral heat • and alfo takes away the aliment appoint* 

 ed for the nourifhment of the Parts. You fliould 

 therefore confult your Horfe's ftrength, to know if 

 he can endure Blood-letting, and to conlider if he 

 be very weak *, for then he would have more need 

 to be made up by good feeding, than to lofe his 

 Blood. . 



Young Horfes, as well as old, are to be bled as 

 rarely as poflible. I fay the fame of fuch Horfes as 

 pafs their Aliments without being conco&ed and 

 digefted } fuch as thofe who have much whole and 

 iindigefted Oats amongft their Dung, unlefs the 

 Horfe fwallow them without chewing, which is 

 frequently done. 



Neither are you to bleed cold and phlegmaticli 

 Horfes, nor thofe which work in anexcefTive cold 

 Country, nor in any Country in great Heats or ex- 

 ceffive Colds, their Bodies then ftanding more in 

 need to be ftrengthen'd than weaken'd. 



People commonly bleed Horfes in the jugular 

 Veins, which lie on each fide the Neck, forfeveral 

 pifeafes •, as the Farcy, Mange, Repletion, and for 

 Prevention. 



For Bites or Blows in the Eyes they take Blood 

 from the Temples with a fmall Lance. 



For Head-aches, or for being difgufted or over- 

 heated by exceffive Labour, or for Cholicks and' the 

 Vives, they have a little Lance made purpofely for 

 opening the Veins beneath the Tongue. 



Alfo for Cholicks, Vives, and being much over- 

 heated, they bleed in the Griftle of the Nofe, with* 

 out regarding whether they hit the Vein or not. 



K Whea 



