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«ot purged at all, their Urine has been obferved to 
be as high-coloured as Porters Beer. 
I am informed, by the Farriers and Cowleeehes, 
that an Horfe or a Cow will bear to have near two 
Gallons of Blood taken away without fainting. One 
Cow, I have feen, within about a Month or fix 
Weeks of her Calving-Time, was taken with the 
Running at the Nofe, and Shortnefs of Breath ; the 
Owner of her immediately took away out of the 
Neck five Quarts of Blood by Mcafure, and gave her 
a warm Mafh of Malt once in fix or eight Hours : 
Next Day he cut her Tail, and let her bleed two 
Hours 5 the Day after he took away two Quarts from 
under the Tongue, and fo continued bleeding her, 
at fourteen or fifteen Hours Diftance, for feven times. 
She did not purge at all; her Urine was as high- 
colour’d as Coffee at firfi, but grew paler and paler 
every time of bleeding: She foon recover’d, now eats 
heartily, looks brisk, and has not flunk her Calf. 
The Concern the Cow-keepers are under for the 
Lofs of their Subftance, the various Methods offer’d 
to them, and their Want of Judgment either to 
chufe the mod rational, or their Want of Accuracy 
in making Experiments, and following Directions, 
is quite difeouraging, and is the Reafon why none 
of them have purfued any Regimen fo fteadily as to 
give one an Opportunity of making Conclufions 
from it : Indeed feveral own to me, they are quite 
bewilder’d, not knowing which way to turn them- 
felves, or whofe Advice to follow, what one fays 
being quite contrary to the Directions given by an- 
other. Some to whom I have given my Directions 
have blooded once, have given the Purge once; but 
have 
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