The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldTaplin, William
Science
The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
Taplin, William
Hunting -- Dictionaries; Sports -- Dictionaries
MEUSE—is the opening at the bottom of quick-set and other hedges, as
well as in the bushy underwood of COVERTS, through which HARES take
their _track_, when going to, or coming from, FEED during the _night_.
At these meuses the expert and experienced POACHER fixes his _wires_
(commonly called snares) with so much security, and confidence of
success, that he generally insures a tolerable proportion to his own
share, according to the stock of the country.
MEWING—is an old forest term for a STAG'S shedding his horns.
MEWS—is a receptacle for horses and carriages, appropriated to no other
use whatever. The buildings consist of stables and coach-houses only,
with conveniencies above for the residence of coachmen and their
families. In all the newly-erected squares and streets at the western
extremity of the Metropolis, most of the houses are so constructed, that
the master and servants have access to the stables by a communication at
the back of the dwelling-house, without the inconvenience of passing
through the streets.
MOLTEN GREASE.—This disorder is defined by every writer in succession, a
solution of the FAT with which a horse may abound, when brought into
sudden and _excessive_ action; that in its state of liquefaction, a
great part falls upon the intestines, there becomes in a certain degree
incorporated with the contents, and is more or less discharged in an
oily state with the excrements. This is proved by long experience to be
a well-founded description of both the case and the cause, which very
frequently prove fatal, and that in a short time, without the lest
relief or alleviation to be obtained from medicine. The leading symptoms
are preceded by an agitated trembling, with sudden starts or motions, as
if frightened in the stall; this is succeeded by violent fever, with
great heat and clamminess of the mouth, a shortness of breath, and
difficulty of respiration, beyond description, bearing no ill affinity
to the most distinguishing symptoms of a horse labouring under an
inflammation of the lungs. The great hope of cure must depend upon
plentiful bleeding without delay, and that to be repeated at short
intervals, till the blood is divested of its sizey, viscid, and
inflammatory appearances. If not soon relieved by such medical
interposition as may be thought most applicable to the state he is in,
great bodily debility speedily ensues, the frame gradually declines in
flesh, and becomes emaciated, the skin adheres to the ribs, the solids
begin to relax, the legs to swell; and if the blood and juices are not
properly corrected, by a judicious mode of medical management, a general
decay may be expelled in _glanders_, _farcy_, or some one of the
diseases which terminate fatally.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account