( »<*7 ) 
and tho* naturally fierce, he was very quiet when I 
did not ftrike him 5 in a few Minutes he reeled 
and fell a fnoaring again: About Nine at Night he 
feemed very well, only drowfy. We left him all that 
Night without Water and Victuals, but thro’ Hunger 
he eat fome of the Straw he lay on, as we found af- 
terwards upon opening his Stomach. Next Morning, 
being Friday , we gave him Water and Bones; he 
drank greedily, and eat the Bones, Bread, and what- 
ever was given him, fteming perfectly recover’d 
and well all Day and the next Night, only very thir* 
fty, and a little drowzy, but perfeftly gentle. 
On Saturday , about Nine o’clock in the Forenoon, 
we faften’d him to a Poft, and put a Rope into his 
Mouth, by which his Nofe was ty’d faft to a Rail, 
great Care being taken that there ffiould be no Rope 
about his Neck fo tight, as to hinder his fwallowing 
or his breathing: I then gave him three Ounces of the 
fecond Running, at three times, with an Horn, fuch 
as they drench Horfes with; he fwallowed it with 
great Difficulty, and guggled fome up again: To pre- 
vent which, I thrufl the Horn a good way down his 
Throat. We then unty’d him from the Pod, to fee 
how he could walk, but he inftantly reeled, fell 
down, rolled over and over, difcharg*d much Urine, 
and fome hard Faces alvina, had no Motion to vomit, 
but dribbled much, panted, and fbewed great Diffi- 
culty of breathing, fnuffing up the Air with his No- 
ftrils, holding his Nofe up, as he fat on his Breech j 
for he could not then ftand on his hind Legs: He often 
(hook his Head, as if ftung by fome Fly : He gradually 
recover’d, and in about twenty Minutes time could 
walk 
