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days; this also, will destroy any that might be in the 

 stonaach, and your horse will be secure from all those 

 things called bots, worms and grubs. And it is perfectly 

 harmless to the horse, in every sense of the word. I 

 have taken the maw out of horses that had been killed 

 by bots, while the bots were still alive and at work in 

 them, and experimented with a great many kinds of 

 medicine on them, and found that alum water will kill 

 them quicker than anything else that I ever tried. It 

 may seem strange to some, and yet it is true, that it 

 will kill them quicker than boiling water. It neutralizes 

 the gases of the stomach in a peculiar manner, which is 

 as destructive to the bot as though they w^ere imbued 

 in it. 



Some may say, after this remedy has afforded imme- 

 diate relief, that they must have been mistaken in what 

 ailed the horse, because they did not see any bots or 

 worms come from him. Let me say to those, that it is 

 one of the peculiar properties of the stomach not to des- 

 troy or digest animal life, otherwise it would destroy 

 itself; but this remedy kills the bots without injury to 

 the stomach, when they are digested with the food he 

 eats, consequently, they are not seen as they pass off. 

 And then this remedy cuts and crisps them up in such a 

 m^pier that they are never more to be seen. 



