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not pull out the tongue ; put the neck of the bot- 

 tle upon the top of the tongue, and let it ran 

 down under the ec]§Q of }Our hand. 



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 To kill Bols in a Horse. 



Take two ounces of alum, and the like quan- 

 tity of dry hen's dung, pulverise these tine ; nut 

 them into one pint of spirits, or any liquid ; put 

 it down the horse, and it will give immediate 

 relief. 



For the Bols, 



Take one 

 beef creature, ^..^ ^. 



warm — this has been known to kill the bots 

 immediatelv. 



• quart of blood from an ox, or any 

 re, and give it immediately while 



A cure for Ring Bones, 



Boil what is called arsesmart into a good strong 

 tea, wash the part with the liquor as hot as you 

 can bear your hand in it, as often as twice or 

 three times a day ; if convenient wet a cloth in 

 the liquor and bind it on the part after washing, 

 and thus continue till quite welL . 



A cure for Wind Spavins^ or Blood SpuvinSi 



First bleed the horse in the leg below the gam- 

 bril joint. For ointment, boil salt down to a 

 brine as strong as possible ; let it cool, take the 

 scum- that rises upon the top, one half a pint to 

 one quarter of a pound of good tobacco, boil- 

 ed as strong as jxjssible in water, mixed widi 

 one quart of tea made strong of southero wood 

 that grows in gardens — ^wash the part with these 

 ingredients four or five times a day ; bind on a 

 cloth wet in the liquor ; and they have been cur- 

 ed in three weeks. This liquor must be put on 



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