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evacuation. He at once set himself to work to nibble the grass, 
and so employed himself for an hour. I then desired that he 
might be kept out as long as he continued on his legs and fed, 
but when he became leg-weary to be returned to his den. In 
another half hour he began to look about for a place to lie down 
on. He was led into his house warm water was offered to him, 
which he drank, and he ate some tares. No evacuation. 
5 o'clock . — Easy ; occasionally eats, but no evacuation. All 
our strength was mustered, and three pints and a half of castor- 
oil were poured into him, and washed down with warm water. 
He almost immediately began to feed on his tares, with a small 
quantity of which he was occasionally supplied, and when he 
had no tares be ate his straw. 
9 o'clock. — Easy ; apparently doing well, but no evacuation. 
He has now more than seven pints of castor-oil and forty grains 
of calomel in him. Let him alone until the morning. 
16^. — An evacuation has at length been obtained, but not 
at all of a purgative character. The animal, however, has more 
of his usual appearance and habits, and we trust that we may 
regard him as safe. If, however, he has not another evacuation 
in the course of to-morrow morning, we must muster our strength 
and at him again. 
17th . — Evening coming on, and there being no other evacua- 
tion, and the animal becoming uneasy and seeming every now 
and then to make ineffectual attempts to void his dung, the 
strength of the garden was mustered, and three pints more of 
castor-oil were given. He was scarcely released from the ropes 
ere he voided a small quantity of faeces of a hard consistence. 
He now seemed to be perfectly easy ; he fed when he was 
coaxed to eat, and occasionally ate a small quantity both of 
tares and hay of his own accord, yet his appearance is not satis- 
factory. He is continually lying down ; he gets more dull — more 
manageable, because he is more dull and stupid. He has a 
strange quantity of purgative medicine in him, but it has not had 
the desired effect. His bowels must be opened. Let the day 
pass, and see what it will produce. 
9, p.m. — No evacuation, and he is in the same dull listless 
state. Two pounds of Epsom salts in solution, with two drachms 
of ginger, were administered. He had the whole of it. 
18 th . — There has been an evacuation in the night, small in 
quantity, but hard. The animal is far from being in a satisfac- 
tory state. He has not his usual appetite. He lies lazily about, 
and his mouth and muzzle are hotter than they should be. I 
sometimes think the bowels should be still more opened ; yet 
he has a strange quantity of medicine in him, and I am somewhat 
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