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tv/0 inches diameter; make a hole in the mid* 

 die, lap it with tow fo as to cover the kather 

 well, and dip it in fpirit of turpentine. Af- 

 ter you have introduced the rowel, flop up 

 the hole in the fkin with tow, dipped likewife 

 in fpirit of turpentine. It is advisable to tie a 

 piece of ftring, which you pafs through the 

 hole in the leather, fo that you may draw the 

 rowel out at pleafure; and it may be likewife 

 neeeffary to tie a piece of ftrong packthread 

 round the leather part of the rov/el, to pull it 

 out with more certainty and eafe, as the leather 

 will fwcU much, and the orifice fometimes be- 

 combes fmall, and the edges get thick. There 

 are feveral preparations which v/erc ufed to dip 

 the rov/els in, fuch as fait of lemon, &:c. : but 

 I never found any thing better for the purpofe 

 than fpirit of turpentine; for that, in my opi- 

 nion, will promote fuppuration the fooneft. 

 If the above inflructions be attended to, there 

 is no danger in rowelling: but it will be ne- 

 ceflary to keep the horfe warm, to give him 

 mafhes and plenty of corn, and his water 

 v/arm. Nor mud he be perm.itted to go into 

 the cold air until the rowel begins to dti- 



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