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MISCELLANEA. 
In the morning he was evidently so, and began to roll about. 
He was let into the paddock, that he might there take exercise, 
which generally has admirable effect in relieving these colicky 
pains in the quadruped. Two of the men also set to work and 
rubbed his belly well, to which he quietly submitted. An in- 
effectual attempt was then made to administer some castor oil. 
He continued to get worse and worse, and at eleven we were 
fortunate enough to get him once more into his den. There 
we continued the friction of his belly, but soon changed it for 
the application of hot water; and, taking advantage of one of 
his rollings, we poured about twenty ounces of castor oil and one 
and a half ounce of laudanum down his throat. We then changed 
the embrocation to spirit of turpentine, which was well rubbed 
in over the whole of his belly. 
He began to be easier, and at length ate two or three small 
carrots that were offered to him. We took advantage of this, 
and concealed a scruple of calomel in a carrot, which he ate. 
About four o’clock he began again to roll as much as ever : 
we then put a strong collar round his neck, harnessed him with 
ropes on both sides, and forced three pints of castor oil upon 
him. He was exhausted in the struggle, for a violent struggle 
it was, and lay down for a while motionless ; his pains, however, 
soon began to return, but with diminished force, and they conti- 
nued slowly to abate. Injections of warm water with castor oil 
were administered. About eleven o’clock at night he drank a 
gallon of warm water, and became comparatively easy ; he slept 
fairly, but his slumbers seemed to be occasionally disturbed by 
spasmodic pains. 
15 thy a.m., 6 o’clock . — He has not got up, nor been seriously 
in pain since midnight. We offered him carrots, a few of which 
he took, and searched about for more; but we suffered him to 
eat only a few of them. I ordered a warm bran mash to be 
made for him with a few carrots shred in it, and directed that he 
should not be disturbed until ten o’clock, when all hands were 
to be mustered. 
10 o’clock . — There has not been any evacuation. He is easy, 
takes a few carrots, and picks a good deal of his straw. I was 
unwilling to hamper and fight with him in order to get down 
more castor oil, or to disgust him with its taste, and therefore 
hollowed out a carrot, and concealed in it fifteen grains of calo- 
mel and four grains of opium. He took it, and, although he did 
not quite like the taste of drugged carrot, it was fairly swallowed. 
He was then roused and turned out into the paddock. 
We thought that by this we should ascertain his degree of 
strength, and the paddling about the paddock might induce an 
