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have had but one opportunity of trying the effet of æther on a côw, which had a cholic, complicated with another ailment; but I had reaſon to think, from the ſudden ſucceſs of that exper i- ment, that æther would‘prove a certain remedy for cholics în horned cattle, and that.it may be given with great lafety in all circumſtances of that kind,

The doſe which I found proper for thoſe animals, was from fifty to ſixty drops of good æther; and the moſt convenient manner of adminiſtering it is as fôllows:

Having tied the horſe or cow ſhort to the Tack aN 2 horn wich clean water, put ſome powdered ſugar in a wooden ſpoon, with a long handle; pour about úfty drops of æther on the powdered ſugar, and introduce it as low as poſſible into the throat of the beaſt; this muſt be done with great dexterity and expedition, otherwiſe the æther will evaporate. As ſoon as the medicated ſugar is lodged in the throat, pour in the water from

the horn, which will compel the creature to ſwallow it. After ſome few minutes, when the æther may be ſuppoſed to have cached the fomach, releaſe the patient; and, if you pleaſe, make him walk a little, and it will not be long before he will make a conliderable diſcharge of wind or excrement, and be will return to the ftable perfeÆly eaſy. It is only neceſlary to ob- ſerve, that he ſhould not be ſuffered to eat or drink for two or three hours after the adminiſtration of this medicine.

ON THE'ADULTERATION OF BREAD AND BEER. For the Commercial and Agricultural Magazine. T‘is the cuſtom of the people to grumble and make com- plaints, ſtill continuing to ſubmit to the pretended grievance z and, when the matter becomes candidly examined, the general reſult is, the fault reſides either in the indolence,- prejudice, or ſlaviſh meannefſs of the complainants themſelves. They even carels and adhere to the very cbje&t of their complaint, as to a favourite booby of a child, with which, indeed, they will allow themſelves to find fault, but of whoſe imperfections they cannot endure to hear from the mouths of others.

Nothing can more aptly illuſtrate theſe entiments, than our complaints, in the metropolis particularly, of the bakers and brewers, for the adulteration of their reſpeétive commodities. We affe to hold this pra@ice as wicked and abominable, and even contrive filly and inefficacious laws, with the prétence to interdict it; an end, were it neceſiary, and ourſelves in earneſt, ealily, and indeed only attainable, by our own immediate and perſonal efforts. We a in this preciſely as in certain religious and political caſes; we bold. the mere pretence, and a-law, for form ſake, altogether ſufficient; ſhould an unguarded delinquent

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