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oats, &c., the colt perfectly recovered. I liave 

 seen several cases of this kind, one of wliicli 

 proved fatal from the negligence of the owner, 

 who did not supply the colt with a sufficient 

 quantity of nutriment, which seems to he as 

 necessary as medicine; and when a colt in 

 this complaint refuses his food, I have found 

 it necessary to drench him frequently with 

 strong gi*'iel, boiled arrow-root, sago, or milk. 

 It is pi jper also to vary the food so that the 

 animal may be tempted to eat oftener than 

 he would otherwise : for tliis purpose carrots, 

 lucerne, &c., are useful. The oats should be 

 perfectly sweet ; and should the colt be found 

 to prefer them in a moist state, they may 

 be sprmkled with water. 



Epidemic Fever — or Distemper. 



The epidemic diseases of horses generally 

 appear in the form of a violent catarrh, or 

 cold. The lirst symptoms are cough, heaviness 

 of the head, the eyes often watery or a little 

 inflamed : sometimes there is a quickness of 

 breathing; and the intiammation of the mem- 

 brane which lines the throat, nose, and wind- 



