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For the gripes or cholic in horses, the Sj^J^VSIri' 

 very best thing you can give them is a *"" ^"^^^ 



WHOLE BOTTLE OF DAFFV'S ELIXIR, MIXED 

 IN ABOUT HALF A PINT OF WARM ALE, 

 AND A LITTLE GRATED GINGER. 



When I kept a stable of horses, I never 

 was without three or four bottles in the 

 stable. It is an expensive medicine, I ac- 

 knowledge ; but what of that ? — purging 

 must be promoted, not checked. We all 

 know that Daffy's Elixir is made of a 

 decoction of sena and warm spices. The 

 sena purges gently, and the warm spices 

 comfort and warm the horse's* stomach. 

 You will find a horse sometimes shew that 

 he is in considerable pain, endeavouring 

 frequently to stale and cannot. This is fom^iumes* 

 frequently taken for the gripes ; but it is not Gripes.""^* *, 

 the gripes : it proceeds from costiveness in 

 the horse, and the dung-bag being so full 

 as to press hard on the bladder, which pre- 

 vents the horse from staling. Let a boy, 

 with a small hand, well oiled, rake him : 

 the hoa^se will stale directly. 



For bots, which often lie in the horse's ^J , 



' the Anus; how 



anus, A DECOCTION of SHAG TOBACCO with '° ''"' """" 



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