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young Horfes, till they have put forth all their 

 Teeths, unlefs it be very troublefome, and hinders 

 'em from eatings 



Barbs are fmall and inconfiderable 

 lumps of flefh under the Tongue, viii- Barbs. 

 ble when you put the Tongue aJide *, 

 which hinder the Horfe from drinking, and are ea- 

 fily curd, by cutting 'em offclofe with a pair of 

 SciiTers, and rubbing the place with Salt. 



Wolves-Teeth, are overgrown Grin* 

 ders, the points of which being higher tPolves-Teetb. 

 than the reft* prick the Tongue and 

 flefh in feeding, and fo oblige the Horfe to leave 

 off eating. They're feldom met with in young 

 Horfes. If Teeth are not daily worn by chewing, 

 theyT grow up to pierce the very roof of the Mouth*, 

 as I experienc'd once in a Mule, one of whofe 

 nether Grinders, upon the falling out of the upper 

 Tooth* diredly oppofite to it, gfew up into the 

 vojd fpace, and by degrees pierc'd the roof of his 

 Mouth to the thicknefs of one's Finger. For Cure • 

 if a Horfe gives over eating, without any apparent 

 fign of illnefs in his Eyes or Hair, handle his Grin- 

 ders, and, if you feel the points of them through his 

 Lips, open his Mouth with an Iron Vpfet, and the 

 points will appear, which you muft break off with 

 a Googe, taking care that you do not ftrike at a 

 good Tooth, or loofen the Jaw : To avoid which 

 inconveniency, inftead of uiing the Googe, you may 

 make the Horfe champon a great Fileus'd by Lock- 

 fmiths a quarter of an hour on both fides, till the 

 over-grown points are broke off. 



Somtimes the Bitt bearing too hard . 



upon a Horfe's Month, hurts it. If J^^u™ 

 only the Tongue be hurt, fhifting the 

 Bitt for a fingle Cannon-Bat, will cure it. If the 

 nether Jaw be ulcerated, and a point or prick be 

 felt by one's Finger upon the Sore, 'tis a fign the 



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