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half a second without being present yourself, it will 

 be useless your denying your relationship to our 

 " useful" friend at p. 203. 



STOPPING FOR THE FEET. 



Equal parts of tar and kidney mutton fat boiled 

 together, and first laid over the frog only, then cow- 

 dung over the whole. A piece of sponge, or thick 

 numbda, cut the shape of the sole, and kept over it 

 by two transverse slips of bamboo fitting under the 

 shoe, and wetted with hot water every three hours, 

 should be used occasionally instead of the cow-dung, 

 as it gives a nice soft pressure to the sole ; a little of 

 the tar stopping being always previously laid over 

 the frog, if deficient, to encourage its growth and 

 save it from rotting. 



OINTMENT FOR THE HEELS, AS A PRESERVATIVE 

 AGAINST CRACKS. 



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One pound of hog's or mutton-kidney fat, boiled 

 down to the softness of ghee ; two ounces of sugar 

 of lead, well mixed in afterwards. The heels to be 

 very slightly smeared over after washing at nine in 

 the morning, and after being cleanly wiped out on 

 return from walk in the evening. Whenever the 

 slightest crack appears, always poultice for one day 

 with a little fat, linseed, bran, and a mashed turnip, 

 carrot, or piece of melon, all boiled together, omitting 

 the canter on the following morning : after which, 

 equal parts of finely-powdered burnt alum and cala- 

 mine powder, mixed, should be put on the cracks 



