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to do fo in Health, 'tis a fatal fign* If the hair of 

 his Tail and Skull is eafily pluck'd off, it portends 

 Death. If he never lies down, or ftarts up imme- 

 diately when he does, it fpeaks danger •, but a con- 

 tinued lying in the declenfion of a Difeafe, is a 

 very good fign. If he turns up the whites of his 

 Eyes, he is in pain, and will be long ill. 



Thtfc general figns^ give us to know, that a Horfe 

 is fick \ but the particular Difeafe is to be difcover'd 

 by its peculiar ftgns. 



In tracing all the Bifeafes of Horfe j, I fhall follow 

 the order of the parts of the body, beginning with 

 the Head •, and fhall give a particular Defcription 

 of every Difeafe and its Caufes, with a view of the 

 molt proper and approv'd Remedies. 



C H A P. L 



Of the Diforders of the Mouth ; namely , the Lam- 

 pas, Barbs, Wolves-Teeth, and Wounds in 

 uhe Mouth. 



lampas* rjHHB Lampas is a flelhy lump or ex- 

 1 crefcency, about the bignefs of a 

 Nut, in the Roof of the Mouth, fo that when you 

 open the Horfe's Mouth, you may perceive that the 

 Roof rifes more or lefs above the Teeth. 'Tis com- 

 mon among young Horfes, the Roof of their Mouth 

 not being fo harm and dry as that of old Horfes. 

 While a Horfe eats his Oats, it occaiions a pain 

 that fcares him from feeding. As for the Cure ^ it 

 mutt be taken away with a red hot Inftrument of 

 Iron made for the purpofe, and that at one ftroak, 

 for fear of burning the Bone, in coming over the 

 place again, after the Lampas is cut through. I 

 a *? °i option, that it is kit not IQ cut it off in 



young 



