218 The V auriik's Nez!j Guide. Chap. L^H, 

 CHAP. LIX. 



Of the Lampas, 

 'TP H E Lampas is an Excrefcence in the Roof of the 



'■' Mouth, which hinders a Horfe from Feeding, and hap- 

 pens ufually to young Horfes, It is cured by applying a 

 hot Iron made for that Purpofe, and it is fucceflively per- 

 formed in all Parts of the Kingdom ; fo that there is no need 

 pf any Caution, but only that the Farrier do not penetrate 

 too deep, fo as to fcale the thin Bone that lies under the up- 

 per Bars, for that would be attended with very troublefomp 

 and dangerous Symptoms. 



CHAP. LX. 

 Of the Barbs, 



T^HESE are fmall Excrefcences under the Tongue, which 

 -'■ may be feen by drawing the Tongue aiide; and ar 

 conftanily cured by cutting them off as clofe as may be with 

 3 pair of SciiTars, and rubbing the Place with Salt. 



CHAP. I^XL 



Of the Tick, 

 'TpHO' we find this among the Difeafes of Horfes, yet it 

 "^ is, by the belt Judges, look'd upon to be an ill Habit, 

 rather than a Difeafe, which may probably at firft proceed 

 from the Pain and Itching that happens in the breeding of 

 Teeth. There are divers Methods us'd to break a Horfe of 

 this Habit, but the mod approved is, to make him eat in a 

 Place where there is no Manger, tying him with a Bucklg 

 JO the Wall, and giving him his Oats in 4 Haverfaclf. 



CHAP. LXII. 



Of Wolves Teeth. 



np HIS is a Diftemper which happens to Horfes in the 

 ■* Decline of their Age, when the Gums are worn down, 

 the Grinders don't meet one upon another, but grow eitheif 

 outwards or inwards, fo that their Points prick the Gum§ 

 or Tongue, and hinder a Horfe's Feeding. The ufual Me- 

 thod of Cure is to open the Horfe's Mouth with the Upfet, 

 and with a Gouge and Mallet ftrike off thofe fliarp Edges, 

 and afterwards file them down I'moolh ^ but it is much fa- 



fer 



