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465&#93; H I D iv kin I • i, and geldi Ireland ok (fall lu . iey he duly entered and Ian HIDE BOUND, in farriery, a der to jil h horses, or other cattl >]cct. It is known by tlufrigictity Df the skin, which apparently adheres to the animal's ribs, without I paratiou. The horse is generally heavy, and weak ; his !Xi renn nts are dark, foul, and offensive j he tails into p: sweats on every little exertion; and 'is whole, appearance indicates ■-. akness. A mi of proper care, and bad food, such as rank long grass in swampy situations, and musty hay or oats, a:e the most probable causes of this affection. Few di- rections, therefore, will suffice, as die case is rather a temporary in- convenience than a disease. The animal should first lose a little blood, in order to induce a slight change in the circulation, winch should be increased by giving him, three or four hours after blood-let- a mash of equal parts of malt, oats, and bran. This mix- ture ought to be repeated every night for two weeks, during which period two ounces of sulphur are to be stirred in, every second n : ght : limal's regular diet ought to consist of equal' parts of oats and bran, with a pint of old beans in each, to prevent the mashes from relaxing his body. Besides, it will be requisite to give him regular dressing, air, exercise, sound oats, sweet hay, and plenty of good soft water ; by rrfeans of which he will speedily recover. . Hide-bound, is likewise an ap- NO. VIII. — VOL. II. h k; pellation given by lm '., i idrri those trees, the b.v :, a d- her.es ;, and obstructs their growth. The most simple remedy that on t'i .,,[■,, i> k bark properly with flannel or a. i. and mike slight incisions, longitudinally, round the whole I ; yet this operation will he most advantageously performed in the vernal months, or early in the summer. HIGHWAY, a road or way through which all persons have a right to pass unmolested j forties reason, it is c i) e I the King's high' way, though the freehold, of the soil belong to the Lord of the Ma- nor, or to the owner of the ad- joingland. Only those ways which lead from and to different towns or villages, and such as are cart- roads, communicating with the former, are properly called high-
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&C. is reposed in surveyors, who are empowered by various statutes to superintend them, and to see that no obstacles be laid in the roads. By the 4th and 5th William and Mary, a reward of 401. is to be paid by the sheriif of the county for the apprehension of every high- wayman ; to which the stat. 8th Geo. the lid. c. 10, adds 101. to be paid by the hundred indemnified by such taking : and all persons, robbed on the highway, have a right to sue the hundred in which such robbery was committed, in the day-time, for an indemnification. HOARSENESS, a diminution of the voice, generally attended with an unnatural asperity and harshness. It arises, mostly, from defeefs in the larynx and wind- pipe ; from an ulcerated or ossified H h state