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will bear such food; but if the medicines gripe, 

 by being joined with green food, add to the diet 

 bean-meal. When green meat cannot be procured, 

 carrots usually can; and when they cannot, still po- 

 tatos may be boiled, or the corn may be speared or 

 malted. As a proof of the beneficial effects of 

 green meat, a horse, so bad with farcy as to be en- 

 tirely despaired of, was drawn into a field of tares, 

 and nothing more was done to him, nor further no- 

 tice taken of him, although so ill as to be unable to 

 rise from the ground when drawn there. By the 

 time he had eaten all the tares within his reach, he 

 was enabled to struggle to more; finally he rose to 

 extend his search, and perfectly recovered. 



A certain method ofsecuHng Horses from Flies and 

 other Insects. 



It consists in rubbing them every morning with 

 walnut leaves. 



The " Yellows^^ or Jaundice. 



This disease is always attended with a violent 

 palpitation of the heart; a drooping of the head 

 and sleepiness of the eyes; a dusky yellowness 

 of the eyes, mouth and tongue; the hair of the 

 mane and tail becomes loose. 



Remedy. — One quarter ounce gamboge; one. 

 half ounce salt petre; one ounce alum ; one ounce 

 copperas. Pulverise fill these ingredients, and put 

 the whole into a bottle with four gills of cold water; 

 stop it tight, shake it well, and let it stand one night; 

 it is then fit for use. 



Give one table spoonful of the mixture three 

 mornings running, then omitting three mornings, 

 repeat the dose as before, and so on until the 



