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[N.S.] 



ent quantity and paint thickly on the palate, but first cleanse 

 the palate well with cloth. Do this twice or thrice a day. Should 

 this application not prove effective, try the following receipt, 

 to which some cockers add missl ] powder. 



Receipt. — Large cardamoms one tola, shell tabashtr* 5 

 mashas, <_£>&&* ^ 8 6 mashas. Make into a powder and apply 

 to the palate three or four times a day, and if God please a 

 complete recovery will result. 



Dislocation or sprain of the wing or leg. — This is an accident 

 known to all cockers, and is caused by the cock jumping from 

 a height, or running too much, or from a blow, or from rough 

 handling by the cocker. 4 The cock is useless for further 

 fighting purposes, but can be kept for breeding, after treat- 

 ment. 



Remedy. — Kutki h 9 mashas, bartang 6 5 mashas, dried 

 Bukhara plums 7 seven, opium 2 mashas. Make into an oint- 

 ment and " foment " with this. 



Another. — Mummy 8 one rati (about 2 grains), pulp of the 

 gekwar y leaf 4 ozs., halun I0 2 tolas, henna leaf 2 tolas, butter 4 

 ozs., white sugar 4 ozs., fine wheat-flour one lb. Make into a 

 halua in the ordinary way and foment with this. 



Laqwa or Paralysis of the face. — In this disease, which is 

 also called hawa-zadagi or wind-stroke, the cock's head i^ 

 twisted to one side. 



Remedy. — Give soup made of wild pigeons or lawa- quails. 1 ' 

 Also give to drink an infusion of kanphal^ saffron, opium- 

 poppy-heads, small long-pepper , 13 and garlic ; give this and not 

 water. Keep the cock in a dark place. After this u 

 purge. 



Receipt for a purge. — Gum gogaV h one tola, turmeric one 



1 Missl, vide note 1, p. 83. 



2 Tabashzr-i sadafl, vide note 4, p. 83. In modern Arabic tahaxhir 



means " chalk/' 



r&xi** aj* ? |jr ftifi*- =;^ 



£jo%o 



* Ordinary natives, not cockers, often carry a fowl I one or b\ 



both wings. 



6 Bartang, seeds of Plantago major, or P. psyllium. 



7 Alu Bukhara, the Plum, alucha (Prunus communis) 



* Osteo colla. su 



ummi 



reading 



holy fin, the berries of Asparagus officinalis. 



H Lawa, a name given to several species of qua 

 other than the common quail. m . 



1* Kanphal=ka 9 ephal, the bark of Myrica Nagt. 



M Vide note 2, p. 76. 



14 Apparently the next day. 



>* Vide note 4, p. 84. 



