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feed exactly the same as the day before, for some- 

 times it will not operate for another ten or twelve 

 hours. A mash and a little warm water, and ano- 

 ther half hour's trot, will often bring the purging on ; 

 and, when it does come on, he may have bran mash 

 again, a little dried green, or a pooly of grass, and 

 water with the chill off. If only two or three evacua- 

 tions take place, give more warm water and another 

 trot, which will carry it off. But, though the medi- 

 cine should fail entirely to act, you must not adminis- 

 ter another dose, for fear of producing over-purging 

 or inflammation. Some bran mashes must still be 

 continued, with but little grain, for the following 

 forty-eight hours ; and then, after an interval of ano- 

 ther four days, making exactly a week from the time 

 the first dose was exhibited, a stronger may be given, 

 preparing the animal the last two days as before. 



Should the physic have been a drench/"" precisely 

 the same rules are to be followed throughout ; but 

 the purging will in this case commence on the even- 

 ing of the same day, or about sixteen hours after it 

 is given. Whenever it does commence, he may have 

 bran mash, grass, and water with the chill off. You 

 can give these mashes warm, but there is no occasion 

 for any extra clothing ; and, if he has not been accus- 

 tomed to any clothing at all, do not put any on, un- 

 less the weather is damp or cold. If he has been 

 standing outside, he should, during these six days, 

 be brought under cover ; but never dream of putting 

 him into a shuAip, close stable, like many of those 

 in Bombay. Such is far more hurtful and dangerous 

 than leaving him outside. 



* Have a drachm of aloes more than you are going to give, finely powdered, 

 so as to be ready in case of spilling. 



