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340&#93; 34o]' W I T boles of an iron frame : it is made of various sizes, according to the purposes for which it is designed. Although considerable quantifies of this article arc" manufactured in Britain, yet they are inadequate to supply the market: bence, it be- comes necessary to import large parcels of wire, which is subjeft to various duties. Thus, brass and copper- wire pays the sum of 2l. 17s. 5|d. per cwt. : iron-u'ire, 3l. 3s. 6jd. per cwt. : latten-wire, 21. 18s. 3|d. per cwt. : steel-uire, lid. per lb. : virginal-wire, if of brass or copper, 81. Is, 7jd. per cwt, ; but, if it be made of iron, itis subje6t to the charge of 81. 2s. 9|d. per cwt. By the 10 Ann, C.26, ^.65 ; thel5GE0.II. c, 20} 'and the 22 Geo. II. c, 36, gold and silver wre is prohibited to be im- ported, on pain of forfeiting the goods, and incurring a fine of lOOl. The sUit. 13 and 14 Car. IF. c. 19, also prohibits the importation of card-wire, or iron-wire em- ployed in making wool-cards, on forfeiting the goods or thtir value: and, if any wire, smaller than Jine- Jine, or superfine, or any wool- cards, or other wares made of iron- wire, be imported, excepting from Ireland, they are liable to be seized. WiTHEN-TREE. See Sallow. WITHERS, a term i:i farriery, denoting the jundure of the shoul- der-bone, at the bottom of the neck and mane. — This important part of the horse's body, is liable to bruises, generally occasioned by a narrow saddle ; frequently form- ing impostliumes ; and, if impro- perly treated, becoming fistulous. On the first appearajice of the swelling, it should be bathed with hot vinegar, three or four times in the day : but, if this fomcirtalioa WIT be Insufficient to disper.-e tlic tu- mor, an ounce of oil of vitriol ma/ be added to a quart of vinegar, or half an ounce of white vitriol dis- solved in a small portion of water, may be mixed with the former li- quid, and the compound be ap- plied to the part afl'efted. — If the swelling be attended with pain, heat, and small watery pustules, it ought to be bathed with the fol- lowing preparation : — Take 2 oz. of crude sal ammoniac, and boil h in a quart of lime-water: when it has subsided, poor off the de- coi^lion, and add to it half a piot of spirit of wine ; after which, tl^e tumor should be dressed with lin- seed oil, or elder-ointment, in order to soften the skin. In critical swellings, however, repellents should, on no account, be resorted to ; but it will be pro- per to apply suppurating poultices. Experienced farriers advise, never to open these tumors till they spon- taneously burst ; as otherwise the excoriation will become spongy, discharge a bloody ichor, and speedily degenerate into a foul ul- cer. Where fungous flesh hap- pens to be troublesome, and the matter discharged is of a yellow- colour, and an oily, viscid, con- sistence, pledgets soaked in the following composition have pi'oved very successful : Dis.iolve'half an ounce of blue vitriol in a pint of water; add oil of turpentine, and re(5tified spirit of wine, each 4 02.3 white-wine vinegar 6 oz. j oil of vitriol, andoxymel of verdigrease, each 2 oz. — Farther, let the tu- mefied part be washed with a mixture of spirit of wine and vi- negar. But, when the cavities of the woimd are fistulous, the cal- losities must, if practicable, be ex- tirpated