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driven into water when hot and sweaty, or from an obsti- 

 nate cold not well cured. For the cure of this disorder I 

 would advise that the horse should have good nourishment, 

 plent}^ of corn and little hay, and that every da^^ the water 

 given him be impregnated with half an ounce of saltpetre, 

 and two drachms of sal-ammoniac. The hay made of white 

 clover is good for this disorder. 



To Save Horses from Fire, 



Horses are frequently burnt to death when barns and 

 stables are on fire, owing to the impossibility of leading or 

 driving them out of the building, while their eyes are 

 dazzled by the blaze, I assure all that by simply covering 

 their eyes with a bag, coat, or pocket-handkerchief, they 

 may be led out of danger without trouble or difficulty. 



Weak Eyes or Hooks. 



First, rowel below the eyes and in the jaws, then if the 

 eyes are much inflamed bleed two gallons from the neck 

 vein, and use the ej^e wash or eye lotion every morning ; 

 move the rowels everyday, and let them remain in 15 or 20 

 days. If the eye shoAvs a white speck in the centre there 

 is no cure for it — the nerve of the eye is afl'ected, but as 

 long as the e^^e runs water there is hopes of it, or the 

 eyelids swell. All young horses are liable to have weak 

 eyes. 



