Danger of 



22 COLONEL HANGER TO 



Put the malt into a stable-bucket, and just 

 cover it over with boilins: water ; throw a 

 cloth over the pail, and let it steam for 

 about half an hour. A person I knew 

 well, who used to prepare the physic for 

 Jivrngye'rctt- his horses himself, put a certain quantity 



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of calomel to a certam quantity of aloes 

 and other ingredients, into an earthen pot, 

 and boiled them together. From not 

 stirring the ingredients constantly, until 

 they were quite cold and stiff, the calomel 

 all settled at the bottom of the pot. The 

 first year he physicked his race-horses, they 

 did well ; but the second year, coming to 

 the bottom of the pot for the pliysic, he 

 killed two or three of his young racing 

 colts, and materially injured some of the 

 aged horses, 

 Mercur>A7i?h To obvlatc this danger, when it be judged 

 necessary to give a horse calomel, let two 

 DRACHMS be given over night, and the 

 aloetic purge the next morning. To a 

 young colt, of two or three years old, you 

 must not give above htAf the quantity of 

 calomel. 



safety. 



