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lowing morning a drench/" deducting a drachm of 

 aloes for the drachm of calomel, t If your medicine 

 is not made up at Mr. Treacher's or Mr. Sprague's, 

 at least learn that the aloes is good ; as that brought 

 from the bazaar contains from a third to one half of 

 dirt. Never attempt to allow for this by giving a 

 larger quantity, or you may be much deceived, since 

 two drachms too much may irreparably injure the 

 bowels of a weak horse, perhaps send him out of this 

 world. Two days after the physic has set, if he should 

 have been purchased thin, hide-bound, having the 

 lampas, a staring coat, and looking dull, as these are 

 all merely the symptoms of a deranged inside, take 

 ten drachms of emetic tartar, five drachms of ginger, 

 and five ounces of nitre ; mix these up with honey or 

 ghoor, divide into ten balls, and give one every morn- 

 ing at daybreak. Continue a little bran mash at 

 each feed with his ground gram, and let the gram be 

 steeped in hot water ten minutes to soften it, or 

 change the food to boiled oorud, which is an excel- 

 lent fattening grain on these occasions ; or give some 

 boiled barley at each feed with his bran and soaked 

 gram.| There is no necessity to muzzle him every 

 night you give these balls, unless he is a foul feeder 



* As before stated I much prefer giving the physic in the shape of a 

 ball. ED. 



f 1 See " PHYSICKING." Never venture on more than one dose in order to 

 put your nag into condition. If that does not effect all that is required for 

 this purpose, when no ailing exists, twenty will not ; there is something else 

 needed besides purgative physic. Eight drachms of purified bazaar aloes, 

 such as you may get and purify yourself, I find equal to about six of those 

 procured from Mr. Treacher or Mr. Sprague. Twelve drachms of unpurified 

 bazaar aloes I have given without effect : they are very apt to bring on gripes, 

 bloody urine, and inflammation of the bowels. 



J In boiling or steeping grain never put more water than it will soak up, or 

 a large portion of the strength of the grain goes into the water that is thrown 

 away. 



