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To prevent the trouble of a Jour- 

 ' Another eafy ne y t0 fo e djp'd in the Sea ; when one 

 i&fiui isbittcnbyamadBcaft Take a good 

 Beafts. quantity of Oyfter-jheUs, lay them on hot 



Embers, and of en them with a piece of a 

 Coal ', which being kindled, will burn or calcine the Shell, 

 Let them lie in the fire hill they grow brittle, and per- 

 fectly white , after which, beat their lower half to a pon- 

 der, which will keep as long as you will Take this pouder 

 of the under half of the Oyfter-fliells (for the upper part 

 is ufelefs) and fry it with Oil Olive ', of which, give 

 to Horfes, Dogs, and other Cattle, as much as they 

 can fwallow, once in two days, making 'em faft fix 

 hours before, and as long after it. To Men you may 

 give the pouder of the under part of one Oyfierjhell, fiy'd 

 with Oil Olive, and made into a Pancake with/iwr 

 Eggs •, taking it falling, and abftaining from eating 

 fix hours after. 



There are certain Venomous Crea- 

 of the Bitings tureSy refembling Mice, which breed 

 °L* Z % . v in rotten Straw ; thebitings of which 



Mice, bred in /••«■*• j -^ ■ 



rotten straw, are fatal to Horfes and Dogs •, and 

 when a Cat eats them, (he dies in a 

 kind of Confumption. If they bite a Horfe in the 

 Tafiern, ov Fetlock-Joint, the part fwells, extending 

 the Tumor to the Hough, Cods and Fundament, 

 and without timely afiiftance the Horfe dies in 

 eight and forty hours : If they bite the Belly of 

 a Horfe, the Tumor either rifes towards the 

 Throat, or extends to the Sheath ; and quickly 

 kills him. 



As for the Cure : If it be in the Leg *, lie a Rib- 

 bon or Garter of the breadth of an Inch, above the Swel- 

 ling, to flop its progrefs ; and beat the fwollen part with 

 a branch of Goofcbcrry-bufo, till it be ail over bloody, 

 then chafe it with a large quantity of Orvietan, or Ve- 

 nice-Treacle \ exhibiting inwardly, at the fame time, an 

 Ounce e>f either of thefe Medicines in Wine, The nexE 



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