USEFUL EECIPE. 



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not appear to want it, is to prevent, if pos- 

 sible, his requiring it at a time when you 

 cannot so well spare him, — I mean the hunt- 

 ing season. Should an accident of this kind 

 happen, Stibium's balls, of which I send you 

 the receipt, you will find of the greatest use. 



Crocus metallorum, levigated 2 ozs. 



Stibium's ditto 2 



Flower of brimstone .... 1 



Castile soap 1 



Liquorice powder 1 



Honey q. s. to make it into a paste. 



A ball of one ounce weight is to be given 

 three mornings following. The horse must 

 be kept fasting for two hours after he has 

 taken it : he then may have a feed of corn, 

 and soon after that, moderate exercise. The 

 same should be repeated four days after- 

 wards. These balls purify the blood, and 

 operate upon the body by insensible per- 

 spiration. 



I frequently give nitre to such of my 

 hunters as are not turned out to grass : it 

 cools their bodies, and is of great service to ' 

 them. It may be given them either in their 

 water or in their corn ; I sometimes give an 

 ounce in each. 



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