320 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



suffer from homesickness, and try to alleviate this 

 by ensuring him equine companionship, by little 

 attentions and delicacies, by regular exercise, etc. 

 As you would in similar circumstances brood over 

 your condition if left in solitary confinement, so will 

 he; as your depression would be increased by over- 

 feeding and lack of exercise, so is liis ; as wholesome 

 fatigue ensures the kindly oblivion of sleep to you, 

 so it will to him. 



Colic is a more common trouble than it should be, 

 and of ten cases eight are the fault of the groom or 

 owner. Spasmodic colic is the only form which 

 appears suddenly, the other form — tympanitis — 

 being sometimes chronic, and usually accompanying 

 some other disease. For spasmodic colic, then, first 

 relieve pain by an opiate, and then clear the intes- 

 tines by mild physic. An excellent mixture is — 



