too familiar to particularise, and "too numerous to mention."

There is an old jest on record of a person hearing another pronounce the word curiosity "curosity," and remarking to a by-stander, "That man murders the English language;" "Nay," replies the person addressed, "he only knocks an eye (i) out." And I am invariably reminded of this old jest whenever I hear such pronunciations as the following:-"Lat'n" for Latin, "sat'n" for satin, and Britain pronounced so as to rhyme with written; of which a few examples will be given below, not with the wild hope of comprising in so short a space all the perversions of prosody which are constantly taking place, but simply with the intention of reminding careless speakers of some general principles they seem to have forgotten, and of the vast accumulation of error they may engraft upon themselves by a lazy adherence to the custom of the crowd. Before, however, proceeding to the words in question, it may be satisfactory to our readers to recall to their memory the observations of Lindley Murray on the subject. He says, "There is scarcely anything which more distinguishes a person of poor education from a person of a good one, than the pronunciation of the unaccented vowels. When vowels are under the accent, the best speakers, and the lowest of the people, with very few exceptions, pronounce them in the same manner; but the unaccented vowels in the mouths of the former, have a distinct, open, and specific sound; while the latter often totally sink them, or change them into some other sound."

Brit'n instead of Britain.

Scroop-lous,, Scru-pu-lous. And a long train of et ceteras, of which the above examples do not furnish a tithe.

Note. That to sound the e in garden and often, and the i in evil and devil, is a decided error; they should always be pronounced gard'n and oft'n; ev'l and dev'l.

Some people pronounce the I in Irish and its concomitants, so as to make the words Ireland, Irishmen, Irishlinen, etc., sound as if they were written Arland, A-rishman, Arishlinen, etc. This is literally "knock ing an i out."

It is satisfactory to perceive that the e in Derbyshire, Berkshire, and Berkeley, is recovering its legitimate functions; and that the affectation of pronouncing these words Darbyshire, Barkshire, and Barkely is fast passing away.

It is affected, and contrary to authority, to deprive the s of its sharp hissing sound in the words precise, desolate, design, and their derivatives.

Never say "Cut it in half;" for this you cannot do, unless you could annihilate one half; you may "cut it in two," or "cut it in halves,' "cut it through,' "divide it," but no human ability will enable you to cut it in half.

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Never speak of "lots" and "loads" of things. Young men allow themselves a diffusive licence of speech, and of quotation, which has introduced many words into colloquial style that do not at all tend to improve or dignify the language, but which, when heard from ladies' lips, become absolutely vulgarism. A young man may talk recklessly of lots of bargains,' "lots of money," "lots of fellows," "lots of fun," etc., but a lady may not. Man may indulge in any latitude of expression within the bounds of sense and decorum, but woman has a narrower range -even her mirth must be subjected

Fresh powdered aniseeds and carraway-seeds, one ounce each; Dover's powders two drachms; Balsam of sulphur

two ounces:

Beat the balsam of sulphur into the yolk of a hen's egg, and then add the powders, mixing all well. When you give it to the horse, give it in a pint of warm gruel in which two table-spoonsful of treacle have been stirred. Repeat it every night, or on alternate nights, for three times. About an hour after the drink has been administered, give the horse a warm bran mash; and repeat the mash two or three times a day.

If the cough be troublesome, give him a pectoral mixture, made as follows: cream of tartar, and nitre, each one ounce; tincture of opium, half an ounce. Beat up, as in the former case, two ounces of balsam of sulphur into the yolk of a hen's egg, and then add the other ingredients, mixed up all together as a kind of electuary.--Dissolve it in a pint of warin gruel, and give it to the horse in the morning, fasting: do not give him any food for two hours, and then let him have a mash of scalded bran and bruised oats, and warm water. Repeat this every alternate day for three times. Clothe him warmly, give him warm mashes and warm water two or three times a day; and use him to a little gentle exercise by walking him out for a short time in the middle of the day.

Fever and Inflammation. In our account of the preceding disease, we stated that a cold or chill was usually attended with a fever or inflammation; but that which we are now about to describe mostly arises from excess of blood, and is usually produced by removing a horse from grass and putting him too suddenly into a stable, where he is fed upon oats and hay; or by feeding him too high, with little or no exercise.

Fever, when thus induced, does not require medicine; a copious and early bleeding is the best means of cure. Bleed till faintness is produced; from one to two gallons of blood should be taken. A light and moderate diet should be given for a few days, by

which time he will have recovered. A dose of eight ounces of Epsom, or Glauber's, salts may be given with advantage the day after the bloodletting, and repeated, if thought use ful, on the fourth day. Let the horse be kept cool, not warmly clothed, nor in a stable where the warmth is any higher than temperate: if he be turned out into a field, when the weather is favourable, it will be as well.

Inflammation.-When to the first symptoms of this disease, usually exhibited in a heaviness, redness of the membranes under the eyelids, want of appetite, and disinclination to motion, that of delirium or madness is added, when the horse becomes violent, plunges about, and endeavours to bite everything, inflammation is then very active in operation, and must be checked. In this case a horse, after a fit of delirium, sometimes falls down, as if exhausted, and after lying for a time, gets up suddenly, and becomes as violent as ever. The treatment in this is the same as in the previous case, early and copious bleeding, but to a greater extent; he must now be bled until perfectly free from delirium, and at least two to three gallons of blood must be taken. In other respects the remedial treatment may be the same as in the preceding case.

Staggers.-This is also an inflammatory disease, but is produced by different causes to either of the preceding: staggers are usually the consequence of improper feeding, or rather of unwholesome food, as bad or foul hay, or rank grass; and are evidently induced by a cause which impairs the digestive system, and leaves the stomach distended with undigested food. This disease is called by a variety of names, as lethargy, apoplexy, epilepsy, vertigo, convulsions, etc.; it presents itself under two distinct forms, which may be described as sleeping staggers, and mad staggers.

When the sleeping staggers attack a horse, he hangs his head, as if unable to hold it up; is dull and inactive, and frequently falls asleep, even while eating, and with the food in his

mouth he reels, or staggers about, as if intoxicated, and sometimes falls down insensible; the eyes appear watery and inflamed, and often, as well as the mouth, have a yellow cast about them: the pulse is very unequal, now slow, and then quicker than usual. When, to the watery running of the eyes and the deep stupor which attacks the horse, these are succeeded by paroxysms of violence and delirium, the animal plunging about, and beating himself against whatever stands in his way, a wild and unconscious look in his countenance, the disease may then be termed mad staggers, inflammation of the brain being now present.

As soon as the fit or attack of mad staggers is over, the horse falls down as if quite inactive for a few minutes; his eyes become dim, and his limbs stretch out, as if dying: his fits, however, soon resume their impetuosity, and he becomes more furious than ever. In this state it is dangerous to approach him; while, if nothing be done to alleviate the disease, it terminates fatally.

The best remedial treatment for this disease in either state, is early and copious bleeding, taking from four to six quarts of blood at once, and again in five or six hours, if necessary. Beat up into a ball the following ingredients, and give it immediately after bleeding: Castile soap, two drachms; calomel and assafoetida, each, two drachms. The following purgative mixture should be given immediately after the ball: aloes, seven drachms; Castile soap and ginger, each, two drachms; Epsom salts, four ounces: the aloes and ginger should be powdered together, and then well mixed with the other ingredients, in a pint-and-ahalf of rue-tea; simmer the whole about ten minutes, and give it milk

warm.

The mixture will assist the operation of the ball, and clear the stomach of the undigested mass by which it is clogged. If the medicine fails to operate briskly within ten or twelve hours, the rectum, or last bowel from which the dung is voided, should be

emptied by a small hand, and the following clyster administered: water, warm, one gallon; Glauber's salts and treacle, each, four ounces; sweet oil, half a pint. The treacle and salts should be dissolved in the warm water, and the oil then added.

Before this clyster is administered, the lump of undigested matter, or hardened dung, the chief cause of the disease, should be taken away: to do this, let a small hand be dipped in the clyster, or rubbed with sweet oil, and gently passed up the fundament, till it feels the dung, which it should then bring away. Then administer the clyster with a pipe about twelve inches long, and a strong bladder, with the clyster in it, fixed at one end, through which the clyster should be forced by twisting the bladder with your hands. As soon as it is passed into the horse, take away the pipe, and instantly hold a wisp of straw to the fundament for about ten minutes. This is a better way of administering a clyster than when given by a syringe.

Inflammation of the Bowels.-Like the preceding, this is an inflammatory complaint, and has a number of names, as enterites, gripes, inflammatory colic, &c.-Over exertion, sudden change of temperature, drinking cold water while heated, or greedily eating of new hay, grass, or new corn, may induce it; but as it impairs the healthy action of the intestines, it must be removed, or it increases in virulence and often terminates fatally.

The presence of the complaint, usu. ally first exhibiting only windy colic, is indicated by the horse often lying down, and suddenly springing up again; he refuses his food, stamps with his fore feet, and strikes his belly with his hind feet: his body is convulsed, his eyes turn up, and his limbs stretch out with a spasmodic motion; his ears and feet are sometimes hot and again cold; he falls into a profuse perspiration, which is succeeded by shivering fits; his endeavours to stale, evidently painful, are without success; he continually turns his head towards his flank, as if pointing out the seat of