ounces; of roche allum, one ounce. Should any fwelling re main, give a small diuretic ball every fourth night, till it is quite gone.

GRIPES.-When a horfe is perceived to be griped, he should be bled and raked immediately; and, as foon as it can be procured, the following drink and clyfter given, viz. ten ounces of glauber falts; cream and salt of tartar, of each one ounce; jalap, two drams, given in a quart of gruel, adding fweet oil and treacle, of each a quarter of a pound. Cyfer, three quarts of warm water; falts, four ounces; fallad oil, a pint, to be repeated if found neceffary: but if, after the horfe dungs freely, he feems ftill uneafy, give of oil of juniper, one ounce; tincture of opium, and fweet fpirit of nitre, of each half an ounce; camphire, diffolved in spirits of wine, one dram; to be given in a quart of gruel or ale, and repeated in four hours, if found neceffary.

SURFEIT.—As worms are sometimes the cause, and often a concomitant of a furfeit, the cure, where circumstances will permit, fhould always be begun by giving one or two dofes of phyfick, after which, give the following alterative balls. Take native cinnabar, half a pound; fteel, prepared with fulphur and gum guiacum powdered, of each fix ounces; falt of tartar, two ounces; camphire, one ounce; Caftile foap, four ounces; honey enough to form a mafs, of which the fize of an egg is to be given every night, till the horfe is perfectly well.

SCURF IN THE TAIL.-Firft oil the tail well, and three or four days after wash it with warm water and soap; and if there is any eruption or itching, wash it whilst clean with the following folution, viz. two drams of corrofive fublimate, diffolved in four ounces of fpirits of wine, and added to a quart of water. Repeat this once a week, till the tail is well.

PHYSICK-Take of aloes, one ounce.

Salt of tartar, half an ounce.

Jalap and ginger, of each two drams.
Made into a ball with fyrup of buckthorn.

DIURETICK BALLS.-Take nitre, one pound.
Rofin, half a pound.

Caftile foap, fix ounces.

Ginger, and falt of tartar, of each two ounces. Made into a ball with honey.-Of this, one ounce, one ounce and a half, or two ounces, may be given at once, according to the cafe, and to the conftitution of the horse.

A PATTERN fhoe, and a set of nails, is to be in the poffeffion of each Quarter Mafter.

A fet of fhoes for one horse is not to weigh more than four pounds four ounces, excepting for fome particular large feet, when an extra allowance of two or three ounces will be made, but these must be in exact conformity to the pattern fhoe in length, breadth, and thickness of the web; and this weight never to be exceeded on any account or pretence. In Shoeing, the old fhoes are to be taken off in fo careful a manner as not to injure the feet, the toes to be cut fufficiently low; the feat of the fhoe is the only part of the foot ever to be touched with the buttrefs; the bars, fole, and frog, never to be pared on any account, nor any thing taken off them but the loofe ragged pieces. No hot fhoes ever to be tried on the foot, nor any bar fhoes ever to be used, except a horse has got a wound in his foot that abfolutely requires one, and then it is to be difcontinued as foon as that wound is well. The fhoes to be perfectly flat on both fides, no longer than the foot; the nails not too large, but well tempered, and fo ingrooved that their heads may be level with the fhoe; the clinches made level with the hoof, and the foot well finished, and taken as short as it can bear.

When the horses are turned to grafs, the toes of the fore feet to be taken fhort, and cut as low as they will bear, and the edges of the hoof to be rasped quite round, the bars, sole, and frog, being left as above.

When the half of the time is expired for the horses remaining at grafs, the feet must again be pared as above defcribed, but not quite fo much.

The Quarter Masters to fee that the horfes are always fo well fhod as to be fit to march on any unforeseen expedition.

The Dragoon is always to take his horfe to the fhop, and ftop till he is fhod.

In frofty weather the fhoes may be a little turned up if necessary, but in general it is better to make ufe of frost nails only.

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TURNING

TURNING HORSES TO GRASS

SocH Horfes must be turned out (when it is allowed to

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graze any) as really are in moft want of it, viz. the young horses, and fuch as are apt to be very foul: these in parti cular should be turned out, and those kept in the house that are known to ftand the ftable well.

The horses must always be turned out as early as poffible, fo that they may come up foon, and not remain out in the cold or wet weather.

It muft abfolutely be fo managed that the horses are up as early as poffible in the autumn; and they must never be kept out beyond the limited time. All the foul horses must be phyficked at grass regularly towards the latter end of July and beginning of August.

When the Regiment turns out the greateft part of the horfes, the Farrier Major must be at the grafs guard, and he and the Quarter Master must have a regular return from each Troop, at the time of turning out, of the horses that are foul, and apt to fwell in the ftable: as alfo of fuch as have any lameness, in order that they may be treated accordingly..

A regular return of the grafs guard to be fent to the Officer commanding the Regiment every 1st and 14th, fpecifying the exact condition of the horses, and ftate of the grafs.

In engaging grass, great care must be taken that the extent is fully fufficient; the pafture hearty and fweet, the fences good, and the water plenty and good.-A copy of the ufual grafs articles are inferted in the Standing Orderly Book.