4*20 MISCELLANEA-HORSE DEALER-COUCH GRASS. 
horse-leach is he that taketh upon him to cure and mend all 
manner of diseases and sorances that horses have : and when 
these three be met, if you had a pothicary to make the fourth, 
you might have such foure, that it were hard to trust the best of 
them.— Fitzherbert’s Booke of Husbandries p. 83. 
Pedigree of a Horse. 
The following is a literal translation of the pedigree of an 
Arabian horse, well known in Nottinghamshire a few years ago: 
‘‘ In the name of God the merciful. The cause of the present 
writing is, that we witness that the grey horse Derrish, of Ma¬ 
homet Bey, is the breed of nedgee horses, whose mother is the 
grey mare Hadba the famousy and whose father is the bay horse 
Dahrougej of the horses of the Benhihaled. We testify on our 
conscience and fortune, that he is of the breed concerning which 
the prophet has said, ‘ the true runners when they run strike 
fire; they grant prosperity until the day of judgment.’ We have 
testified what is known; and God knows who are true wit¬ 
nesses.”-— Young Gentleman^s Book. 
Horse Dealer. 
A JOCKEY in this town (Newhaven) wishing to make an advan¬ 
tageous display of a horse he was desirous of selling to a by¬ 
stander, placed his boy on the back of the beast, ordering him 
to ride a short distance.” The boy, though well instructed in his 
trade, unfortunately did not know whether the horse was really 
his father’s, or yet to be bargained for ; being anxious, therefore, 
to learn the will of his father, he stopped after riding a little 
way, and said in a loud voice, Father, shall I ride this horse to 
buy or to sell ?”— Newhaven Register, 
Couch Grass. 
A VETERINARY surgeon has lately discovered that exhausted 
and worn-out horses are very speedily restored to their strength 
and condition by giving them daily one or two bundles of couch 
grass, often or twelve pounds weight, mixed with a quantity of 
carrots. Thus, the weed which, wherever it has appeared, has 
been the pest of farmers, may become a useful medicament.— 
French paper. 
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