260 The T'ARRi^Rs New Guide. Ch. XCVL 



" Take of this Ointment and Egyptiacum equal Parts : 

 ■=' Diflblve them over the Fire, and with Pledgits foak'd 

 ** therein drefs the whole Hoof; and having made an eafy 

 ** Bandage over it, return it into the Boot. If the Oint- 

 ** mcnt be requir'd more powerful, you may add the Pow- 

 " der of white Vitriol or but;it Allum, viz. two Ounces 

 «' of either to a Pound of the Ointment, with half an 

 *' Ounce of Orpiment, whereby the Hoof may be pre- 

 '■^ ferv'd fmooth, being drefs'd once a Day in the Manner 

 «' direded. 



It is the Way of fome Farriers, wlien they obferve the 

 r.ew Hoof a growing, before the old one falls oft', to pull 

 away the old one -, but they ought never to be too halty, 

 unlels fome Accident happen to require its Removal ; for 

 the old Hoof lerves as a Cover and Defence to the new one, 

 and makes it grow the more fmooth and even, as in a 

 Mould ; and Nature, for the moft part, will call it off 

 of her own Accord, as foon as it becomes ufelefs. I knew 

 a Horfe in this Condition that was turn'd out into a Field, 

 ■where there was a Shade for him to lie under ; he lay moft 

 Part of the Time his Hoof was a growing, and had Hay 

 given him five or fix Times a Day ; and by favouring his 

 lame Foot, the old Hoof came ofF, and the new one grew 

 with very little Affiilance; and although he was not young 

 at that 1 'inie^ he afterward s travelled and did very g'jod 

 bei vice. 



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