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siring close to the stone ; then bathe all his se- 

 cret parts with lamp oil. In this way we have 

 not known them to swell, uor any evil to followi 



For the Staggers in Horses, 



Haifa pint of rum and a spoonful of powder, 

 ground fine, and given to a horse, has relieved 

 frequently. 



To cure Oxen poisoned by ealing^Kill Lamb. 



• Three oxen were poisoned among us by eat- 

 ing kill lamb (called by some, lorrel) ; they were 

 so bad that they reeled and staggered, and W'ere' 

 likely to have died, had not something been 

 done. They gave them one pint of rum ; in a 

 few hours they began to amend, and in a few 

 days they got entirely well. 



There is a bush that is ever green, called 

 spoonhunt ; this poisons sheep, and it is likely 

 it w^ould cattle, if they ate it. A cow was pois- 

 oned by the above lorrel ; they gave her hal{!\i 

 pint of rum, and she got well. 



To cure a Horse of the Canker, 



A young man among us, who had a young 

 horse' six years of age, that had the canker in his 

 mouth, round about his jaw and on his tongue. 

 The cankery spots were whitish, and appeared 

 like common eating canker. There vns infor- 

 mation obtained from the Farriers. The direc- 

 tion of one was, to rub his mouth with alum 

 pounded fine, once in a while, and. bleed kim.. 

 The direction of the other was, to bleed him, 

 and wind .a good wisp of -wild ^iUow bark (off 



