108 THE SHOOTER'S GUIDE. 



For Sprains in the Legs and Feet. 

 A pint and a half of spirit of wine, three ounces 

 of camphor, and a table spoonful of laudanum : to 

 be well rubbed eight or ten times a-day before a fire. 



When ivounded with Stakes, or to stop a violent 



Effusion of Blood. 



Cut the hair off about the wound, and wash it with 

 warm vinegar; then rub the part gently with the 

 following mixture : two ounces of the oil of spike, 

 and two ditto of the oil of swallows, mixed. Let the 

 animal be muzzled when you apply it. 



A Flesh Wound. 



Cut off the hair from the wounded part; then 

 take some fresh butter, and burn it in a pan ; while 

 it is hot, dip a tent of lint into it, and place it in the 

 hole of the wound : this should be repeated twice 

 a-day, and the part washed with warm milk and 

 water each time. 



To destroy Worms. 



One ounce of powder of tin, mixed with butler, 

 divided into three doses, and one given every other 

 day. 



ANOTHER FOR THE SAME. Two or three purges 

 of aloes. 



ANOTHER. As much arsenic as will lie on the 

 top of a sharp-pointed penknife, mixed with butter. 



