14 COLONEL HAMGBR TO 



of thelfficTcy '^^^ ^^^^^ horse, after Shark, I gave this 

 sui^X^rb^ans?"^ mcdicine to, was a most valuable brown 

 horse, a hunter, presented to me by my 

 worthy and old friend. Lord Egmont. The 

 man who sold him to my friend, had de- 

 ceived him, by telling him, that the horse 

 had been properly physicked before the 

 season. I had not rode him much above 

 a fortnight, ere he flew all to pieces. 



My groom came in one morning, and 

 desired I would look at my horse. I found 

 his coat extremely rough, staring, and 

 unkind to the feel, and his legs very much 

 swelled. I gave him, the first day, two 

 balls; the second day, two balls; and 

 every day after only one ball, until he had 

 taken the whole mass. I hunted him on 

 the fifth day, his legs being nearly as fine 

 as they had been, and his coat every day 

 looking better and kinder to the feel. Since 

 that time I have given it to some hundreds 

 of horses. 



I gave this receipt to a horse dealer in 

 London, an old acquaintance of mine, who 

 was accustomed, whenever he had pur- 



