”AMHERST:

Ware, James. The pocket farrier; or Gentleman’s guide in the management of horses under various diseases. With an explanation of the symptoms attending the different disorders, and the shortest, plainest, and most humane methods of curing them. Directions for judging of the horse’s age, and useful observations on the breeding, raising, and training of colts. Hints to purchasers, and general directions for using a horse on a journey, with useful rules for riding with safety, gracefulness, &c. and directions to perform the necessary surgical operations. Receipt for gelding, on a new and improved plan: And for securing horses from the dangers arising from bots, truncheons, &c. To which is added, the horse’s skeleton, taken from that of the academy of sciences at Paris. By James Ware, Amherst County, Virginia. T. W. White, printer, 1828. [9]-xvi, [17]-192 p.”

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