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The first intention of cure is, if pofsible, to find 

 out the cause ; for if it only arises from bad food, 

 or want of cleanlinefs, a more generous diet 3 witL 

 a few gentle purges, to which may be added walk- 

 ing exercise, and proper attention to cleanlinefs, 

 will, in a little time, effectually remove every ap- 

 pearance of this complaint. 



But if it proceeds from bots or worms, which 

 is most frequently the case, other means must 

 be used ; the most effectual of which we shall en- 

 deavour to point out. 



As the bots are, when in large quantities, very 

 destructive to horses, by depriving them of nutri- 

 ment, preventing digestion, and injuring the sto- 

 mach, in which they are generally found ; and as 

 little has been offered to the public respecting their 

 origin, and the means by which they are conveyed 

 into the stomach, we shall first endeavour to point 

 out the information which recent observation ha3 

 furnished respecting them. 



The bots are a species of fly-worm, produced 

 from the eggs of the hagmorrhoidalis, a two-winged 

 fly, of the genus oestrus, and nearly of the size of 

 the humble bee, which deposits its eggs in the 

 rectum of horses, and occasions great torment to 

 them. 



