g 1 8 The Contpledt Horfemdn : or y 



Cajfia, two Ounces ; juice of Liquorice , half an Ounce ; 

 Scammony Sulphurated, two Drams ', Annifeed and 

 Cumminfeed, of each a Dram. Give all in a quart of 

 White-Wine, keeping him bridled fix hours before, 

 and two hours after. If this does not make a fuf- 

 ficient purgation^ give him a purging Clyfter. Feed 

 him with moifterfd Hay and honyd Water. If after 

 all, you perceive no amendment, you mlift have 

 recourfe to the Cordial Pouder, the Golden Sulphur, 

 and Clyfters ; and afterwards repeat the Purgation. 

 If the purging Potion is too chargeable, give the Me- 

 dicines prefcrib'd in the next Chapter. 



CHAP. XXVL 



The Method of Fattening HorfeSi 



FO R aneafy, cheap, and very effe&ual Method 

 of Fattening a Horfe \ after you have let him 

 blood, give him for his ordinary and only Drink, 

 a pailful of Water, after half a Bujhel of coarfe Barley 

 Meal has been ftir'd in it for a confiderable time, 

 and then fuffer'd to fall to the bottom, the Water 

 being pour'd off into another Pail : Make him eat 

 the Meal remaining at the bottom, Morning, Noon, 

 and Night; adding to it a little Bran or Oats, if 

 he refutes to eat it ; and afterwards leflening the 

 quantity of the Bran or Oats, gradually, till you 

 bring him to eat the Meal alone. The Barley muffc 

 be ground every day, for it quickly grows foure. 

 Continue this Diet twenty days ; and when your 

 Horfe grows lufty, take him off from it by degrees, 

 giving him at fir'ft Oats once a day, and the Meal 

 twice, and afterwards the Meal but once, and the 

 Oats twice, and foon, In the mean time you may 



give 



