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I fhall put a Period to thisSubjeft, with an 7nvo Infianca 

 account of two Horfes that were feiz'd v/ith °f Copiijenefs. 

 violent Coftivenefsjand where the Ifllie prov'd very diiFerent. 



The one belong'd to a Gentleman, who, ^ ,-• ^ 

 while travelling, was ftopt upon the Road the 

 iecond dayof his Journey,his Horfe wasin great Pain,flirunk 

 up his Belly, often endeavouring to dung, and as often to pifs, 

 but could do neither. I was told he had been taken up from 

 Grafs a Week before he fet out, and was oblerv'd to becof- 

 tive all that while ; but becaufe he was to have fome Fatigue, 

 they thought it unneceflary to tamper with him, which, no 

 doubt, was very reafonable, had he not been more than or- 

 dinarily coftive. The firft thing done to recover him was 

 raking,and afterward he had a Pipe of Tobacco given him at 

 his Fundament ; the Smoke of the Tobacco prov'd a gentle 

 Siif//uhis,^r\d made him oftentimes eflay to dung, but with- 

 out EfFed: ; fo that at lafl, being in exceffive Pain, hanging 

 his Head, and turning it frequently towards his Belly, the 

 Owner thought fit to fend for a Farrier, who at firft fight 

 faid he would die ; however he went and prepared him a 

 comfortable Drink, as he term'd it, which, bf the Smell, 

 feem'd to be fome hot aromatick Seeds boil'd iri Ale. 



After this he became much Avorfe, for there being no free 

 Vent upwards or downwards, and the Wind being now more 

 rarefy'd by the hot fpicy thing?, and confequently taking up 

 more fpacein his Bowels, he often lay down, and immedi- 

 ately ftarted up again, fhewing as much Pain and Agony as 

 any Horfe could poffibly be in. I advis'd the Gentleman to 

 have him rak'd once more by a Boy that had a fmall Hand 

 and Arm, who being fatisfied with the Reafons which I gave 

 him, had it done accordingly, tho' it was not without fome 

 Difficulty, for the Horfe Ihrunk very much, and endeavour'd 

 conftantly to lie down. But at laftj when he had been tho- 

 roughly rak'd, he began to throw out feveral hard Balls of 

 Dung of his own Accord, and at the fame time ftal'd a little, 

 whereupon he had the Entrance into his Fundament done 

 with Soap, which made him dung very plentifully, and he 

 pifs'd fo long that the Stable was all a-float about him. After 

 this a Clyftcr of Broth, wherein Beef had been boil'd, was 

 given him, with a handful of Salt and halt a Pound of Butter 

 diifolv'd in it, which brought away a great deal of Dung, 

 and abundance of flimy Matter. He eat nothing that Night, 

 which was pretty late, but towards the Morning he begari 

 to feed very plenlifully, and was quite recover'd of his Indif- 

 pofitioij. R 3 Had 



