EUPHORBIUM — EXERCISE. 85 



or six ounces of rectified spirit; frequently 

 shaking the bottle which contains the mix- 

 ture, and keeping it in a warm place ; after 

 fiightor ten days it is to be strained off, and 

 kept well corkeii. ISome add to this a little 

 oil of origan nm, or camplior. There is ano- 

 ther kind of tincture made by digesting the 

 pouderin a strong solution of potash, which 

 also acts very violently, in powdering eu- 

 phorbium, the mortar should be placed 

 where there is a current of air, that the du^t 

 which arises might be blown off, otherwise 

 it would get into the nostrils, or throat, and 

 prove excessively troublesome. 



EXERCISE. We have observed under 

 the article diet, that the norse's exercise 

 should be always proportionate to the quan- 

 tity and quahty of his food ; or rat'icr, that 

 the latter should be adapted to ihe former, 

 in order to preserve him in hoalth. We 

 have further to ren.ark, that in otiier points 

 of view, exercise is of great importance. In 

 training horses for the turf or thu chase, it is 

 by exercue, properly con;lucted, and a-,well 

 regulated diet, that we enable hiui to per- 

 form those wonderful exertion^ tS^at are rr-^ 

 quired from him, and bring his wmd to the 



