Part IL Travels into the Levant. 
CHAR XV. 
7he Continuation of the Obferyations of Ifpahah. 
Of Horfes^ Mule s ^ and Camels^ and feme In- 
feBs. 
THE Terfians ufe çommonly to lide on FerÇjan Hoifes, which are but fmall, Animals of 
but good and Itrong, and Travel great Journeys without tyring : they have Ptrftt. 
a trick of cafting up the Head, and endanger the Riders Nofe if he have not a Horff sj 
care i but fome mend that fault, by a kind of Cavaflbn, which is a ftrap of Leather 
in form of a Halter, that they put over their Nofe, and bringing it betwixt the fore 
Legs, tie it to the Girts like a Petrel. Not only in Terfia but all over the Levant^ 
they have a better Hoof than in our Countries, whether it be becaufe of the humi- 
dity of our Climate, or that we (hoe them to often. And indeed, the Ferfians can 
ftioea Horfc with the hrft Horfe-thoe they find, putting it forwards or backwards 
as much as is needful to fit it to the Foot, and they may Nail it in all places of the 
Hoof. In ?erfia they make their Horfe-(hocs fmooth and flat : fo that they have Horfe-fhocs !a 
not little turnings up as ours have, which makes them continually Aide upon Stones, ^^''f*"' 
or upon the Ground when it is but in the leaft wet. In Terfia no more than in 
turky they ufe no Manger to feed their Horfes in i but whether it be in the l^own or 
Country, they alw.iys iecd rhem m a Bag of black Goats Hair, which they hang The way of 
about their Neck. There are a great many Grooms who mingle Salt with the Barley Peedbg 
they give them , to keep their Dung from ftinking; they put firft Straw in 
the bottom of the Sack, then two Handfuls of Salt, over that the Barley, and 
then mingle all together with the Hand. In the Spring they feed their Horfes, 
Mules, and AfTcs with Grafs, and fo they do all over the Levant. They Curry 
them with a Comb that has no Handle, and only two ranks of Teeth, and they 
f ub them with a piece of Felt. 
In Tlurhle and lerfta the Horfes and Mules have feveral Difeafes, of which there Difeafes of 
are fome that are not known among us: for inftance when they have êaten too Horfes and 
much Barley, their Fore-Feet fwell and become weak, fo that they eafily fall, and Mules, 
a kind of a Wen grows upon their Breaft : that is to be cured with a hot Iron, 
putting them to Grafs if it be in the Seafon, and giving them no Barley for two or 
three days. 
In the Nofes of the Horfes there grow alfo two Griftles, one on each fide, which 
îake Root at the end of the Bone of the Nofe, upon the upper Jaw, and rife like 
Horns towards the Nofe, under the Skin, through which they may eafily befeen : / 
that puts them to fo great pain, that they will not feed, but only keep lying, and 
their Belly is fo flreight, that thy cannot goe but as if they were dragged > if one 
touch it, it founds like a Drum, and if care be not taken they die of it in two days : 
the remedy is to draw a flit along their Nofe, with a lharp pointed Inftrument, to 
cut thefe two Cartilages, and make it as long as one can, and then they recover and Uichun» 
are as good as ever they were : they call that Difeafe N^îc^^iw, that is to fay the Nail. 
They have a third Difcafe, which makes their Lips to fwell,and that hinders them 
from Feeding i the remedy is to open a Vein in the Palat of the Mouth,with a NeedlCj 
or fome (harp pointed Inftrument. When they have Travelled for fome time in 
Mire, or in Snow, or when their Feet have been too long in the Dirt, if care be 
not taken to make them clean, a little Scab grows upon the joint of the Foot, 
which draws in the Sinew, and hinders them from going : to cure that, they apply 
to it Gun powder and Snow, if they have any, and if they have none. Gun 
powder alone. 
Sometimes a blackifh water breeds in their Hoof, and that Difeafe \x\?erfianh 
ciWeà /Ihfiah^ that is to fay, black water : the remedy is to takeoff the (hoo, pare 
the Hoof, and apply the Oil of Naphta to the place. 
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