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some form for the sustenance and welfare of the whole 

 animal creation thereon; and that vegetation contains 

 medicinal properties suitable for the prevention and cure 

 of every known disease, when rightly understood and 

 properly applied; and also among the different varieties, 

 there are some suited to the peculiar taste and smell of 

 every species of animals, by the use of which they may 

 be ensnared, tamed, domesticated and made useful and 

 submissive to the will of man. Those substances which 

 the horse appears to be most passionately fond of, are 

 what I purpose to speak of next. The reduction of him 

 to a domesticated s'ate, with skillful training until his 

 education is completed, is one of the greatest acquisitions 

 ever made by the art and industry of man. The charm, 

 or great secret of taming horses as used by the ancients, 

 is as follows: The horse-castor is a wart-like protube- 

 rence that grows on the inside of every horse's fore legs; 

 it has a peculiar, rank, musty smell, and is easily pulled 

 off. The ammonial effluvia of the horse seems to con- 

 centrate in this part, and its odor has a great attraction 

 for animals, especially canine, and the horse himself. 

 This should be taken off and dried by a moderate heat, 

 as too great a heat destroys the scent thereof, when it 

 should be graled into a fine powder, and corked tight in 

 a bottle so as to exclude it from the air, and it is fit for 

 use. For the oil of cummin the horse has an instinctive 

 passion; both are said to be original natives of Arabia. 

 When the horse scents its odor he is instinctively drawn 

 towards it. The oil of rhodiuin possesses peculiar prop- 

 erties; all animals seem to cherish a fondness for it; this, 

 with the use of the others, produces a kind of languid 



