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loin), drive him smartly up a rise. If he go up clean, he has no 
" Kumuree or sit and stay awake near him all night. If, after 
lying down, he gets up fair, you may take him; if the contrary, be 
sure you give him back. 
“ The horse which eats little is called ‘ Kumkhor,' and will be 
assuredlv weaker than all others: there is no other indication of 
him, except that he voids his dung in small knobs. 
“ If a horse be ‘ a biter,' what’s the use of any explanation 1—it 
speaks for itself. This habit will never w^ear off. Most vicious- • 
ness is cured by gelding, but this is inborn. Gelding even makes 
it Avorse : I have proved this a hundred times. 
Askest thou to know how a horse is ‘ Shuhkor (night-blind). 
At night throw a blanket before him : if he fearfully flee, he is no 
" Shuhkor' —or, if the night be dark, spread a white sheet before 
him.” 
The division into sections now ends, and Ave have several uncon¬ 
nected paragraphs, each having its separate heading. The first is 
a little dogmatical, and as erroneous as it is positive. 
“ First of all, is the horse from * Uthul,' for he goes far, and re¬ 
quires little food; next comes the horse of the jungles : compared 
to these, all horses are asses!” 
When we look at the second, we could almost fancy that we are 
listening to the dicta of one of our own Professors. 
Incline the ear of thine heart this Avay. Every horse has six 
teeth above, and six beloAV (nippers); the milk teeth (kuchcha 
dant) are white. When the middle ones are shed, he, who had been 
called a colt, is termed a three-year-old: when he sheds the next 
two, they say he is four; when the corner teeth fall out, he is five. 
At that time, near the ‘ chowkee' protrude two teeth, round and 
fine, called nesh (tush). After that, you must ascertain the age 
according to the decrease of the black spots in the teeth. When 
they are all worn away, you may, without regard to what any 
body else says, set him down as * mule punj,' ten off. Then compare 
his teeth and tushes, mark the difference, and give a guess. Then 
look attentively at his eyes; if the hairs there are sunk much, the 
animal is very old. When a mare has become ‘ mule punj,' to 
tell her age is very difficult. I have explained the way as is 
knoAvn at this time; there are others, Avhich no one attends to now, 
and on this account I have not mentioned them; moreover, they 
are not all known to me. I have told you what is necessary.” 
The work now begins rapidly to increase in interest. 
“ In administering medicine always attend to the size of the 
horse, to his constitution, and to the season of the year. 
“ There are four methods of deciding on a horse’s sickness. To 
tell from looking at the corner of the eye — the caruncula lachrymalis 
—and from the dung and urine, is not difficult: the fourth method 
