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On Depraved Appetite. 



IT is observed, that horses returning from grafs, 

 but particularly at camp, have frequently depraved 

 appetites, which shows itself by their fondnefs for 

 sand, earth, or litter. If this appetite is permitted 

 to be much indulged, large balls are sometimes 

 formed in the intestines, which frequently obstruct 

 the pafsage of the fceces to such a degree as to 

 occasion death. When this depraved appetite is 

 observed, it will be best to give the horse repeated 

 small doses of laxative medicines. 



The Distemper. 



IN England, horses are extremely subject to re- 

 ceive injury from the sudden changes which take 

 place in the temperature of the atmosphere, par- 

 ticularly during the spring and autumn quarters ; 

 the moisture of the air at these periods, combined 

 with the heat, is very apt to produce inflammation 

 of the mucous membranes, coughs, and some- 

 times inflammation of the lungs. When this in- 

 flammation and cou.<rh is attended with a discharge 

 of matter from the nostrils, it constitutes a disease 

 which is called the Distemper, for which every 

 farrier thinks that he has an infallible antidote ; but 



