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I had the opportunity of utilizing the valuable " tip '" 

 I got from Mr. Kettlewell for the treatment of conges- 

 tion or inflammation of the liver; for while I was staying^ 

 at Allahabad, Mr. Farrell, the veterinary surgeon, came 

 to mc and asked my advice about two horses belonging" 

 to the Prince of Wales — Coomassie, H.R.H.'s favourite 

 riding horse, and another — which he was treating for 

 that disease without any good effect. The English 

 attendant, not knowing that gram is almost identical 

 in composition with beans, and is, consequentl}', very 

 "heating," gave each of the very lightly worked animals 

 18 lbs. of it daily, with the result that their systems got 

 into a state most prone to inflammation. This tendency 

 to disease was doubtless heightened by the practice,, 

 so common among syces during the cold weather, of 

 removing the horses' clothing for their own use. The 

 chill thus received, especially in the case of predisposed 

 animals, causes congestion of blood in the internal 

 organs, of which the previously overtaxed one will be, 

 naturally, the first to suffer. I strongly recommended 

 Mr. Kettlewcll's course of treatment, which was adopted 

 by Mr, Farrell, with the result that both horses recovered 

 within a week. The Prince's stud groom was so delighted 

 with the success of my advice that, when I met him a 



