Chap. LXXXVIII. Of Surbatmg, &c. 251 



lard, pouring the Mixture boiling hot upon the Soal, and 

 fluffing it up very carefully wiih Hurds, and above them a 

 piece of Leather with Splents. This is very good, but 

 would be much more efficacious, if the Soal waspsi'd lome- 

 what thin, and half an Ounce of Camphire diiTolv'd in the 

 Mixture juft as it comes oft' the Fire. 



CHAP. LXXXVIII. 



Of Surbating, &c. 



A Horfe is faid to be fufbated^ when the Soal is worn, 

 -^"^ bruis'd, or fpoil'd hy any Accident, as by bad Shoe- 

 ing, efpecially when they lie too flat on the Foot, or when 

 the Horfe goes too long barefoot ; as alfo by travelling in 

 hard Ways, or among dry hot Sand in hot Weather, which 

 dries the Hoof, v/hereby the Soal becoming hard, prefles 

 upon the foft Parts beneath it. If a Horfe he Jurbated by 

 bad Shoeing, you may know the Part that is aftedted by the 

 Thinnefs of the Shoe where it prefles moft, and therefore it 

 ought to be par'd deepeft in that Part before another is fet on ; 

 but if the Shoe is nor in the Fault, it may be known he is/«r- 

 bated by his continual hitching and moving ; but by feeling 

 his Hoofs you may obferve them, both very hot and dry. 



The Cure is very eafy before it becomes attended with 

 other Accidents, and may be performed only by flopping 

 up the Feet with Ox or Cows-dung and Vinegar ; fbme 

 break a Couple of new-laid Eggs, and apply them raw to 

 the Soals, and then flop them up with Ox or Cows-dung ; 

 fbme ufe only Hogs Greafe boiling hotj and thicken'd with 

 Bran ; and there are others who make ufe of Vinegar and 

 Soot boil'd together ; but nothing will be more efficacious, 

 in cafe it be troublefomc, than firfl: foftning the Soal with 

 ihe Application of unduous things, and after that pouring 

 a Mixture of boiling Pitch and Tar, i2c. upon the Soal, as 

 direded in the preceeding Chapter. 



CHAP. LXXXIX. 



Of Retraits and Tricks in the Foot. 



"NTOthing caufes more Pain and Trouble than the Acci- 

 "^^ dents that happen to the Feet by bad Shoeing, or when 

 fliarp Splents or Stubs, ^V. are fl:uck in the tender Parts 

 within the Soal ; the Reafon of which cannot be very dif- 

 ijcult to any one who is acquainted with the Foot of a Horle, 



which 



