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them clofcly myfelf during the progrefs of 

 their cure. However valuable a tup might 

 be, I would not accept of him as a gift for the 

 purpofe of going with ewes, were he troubled 

 with the foot-rot, unlefs I cured him firft. 



The method of cure is as follows : Pare 

 the foot with great care, fo as not to injure 

 the quick : look narrowly for the gravel, which 

 is often fo much inclofed that it is difficult to 

 extract it -, and when that happens, the animal 

 will fuffer great pain, and fpeedily decreafe in 

 flelh. Where the gravel is, the hoof will be 

 very hard, hot, and dry* In paring the foot, 

 you muft be careful not to cut lb much as to 

 make it bleed; for that will retard the cure. 

 Take blue vitriol -, pound it very fine, and 

 apply it to the part affected. Some ufe for 

 this purpofe the blue vitriol-water, which is 

 eafily procured at the chemifts' or apothecaries* 

 fhops, and is made by diflblving three ounces 

 of blue vitriol, and two ounces of alum, in a 

 pint and a half of vinegar-, and afterwards 

 adding two ounces of firong fpirit or oil of 

 vitriol, and letting it (land for ufe. Some ufe 

 with fuccefs, clear fpirits or oil of vitriol alone : 

 but, from the violence of this remedy, it muft 



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