V.
Vardohuus, a small fort built by Christian IV., 129.
W.
Walpole, Horace, his version of the sailing of the British fleet, 144; his gossip respecting Queen Caroline Matilda, 145.
Warnstedt, count, his alleged freedoms with the king, 5.
Willebrandt, Etats-rath, groundless charges brought against, 108; how he was disposed of, 111, 112.
Wiwet, Fiscal General, his charges against Count Brandt, 1.
Wraxall, Mr. N. W., anecdote related by, 155; his visit to Celle, 172; biographical notices of _ib._; his introduction to Queen Matilda and the Princess of Brunswick, and his gracious reception, 173; his varied conversations with the queen, 174, 175; proceeds to Hamburg, 176; dines with the English consul, _ib._; the distinguished company he meets with, _ib._; his sentiments in favour of the queen, 178; receives a proposal for undertaking her restoration to the throne of Denmark, accepts the offer, and proceeds to Celle as an agent of the conspiracy, 180 _et seq._; his communications with the queen, 186-9; his second visit to the queen, with full instructions, 190-4; his important conversations with the queen, and his plans laid down for future proceedings, 195 _et seq._; meets with a strange adventure, 199; his return to England, 201; his arrival in London, and introduction to Baron von Lichtenstein, 203; his communications with the king respecting the Queen of Denmark, and the plans of her exiled nobility for her restoration, 204 _et seq._; receives the king's answer to his propositions, 205; the articles in favour of the revolution assented to by the king, 207, 208; leaves England for Celle, 208; account of his journey and its dangers, 209 _et seq._; his arrival at Celle, 220; his interesting interview with the queen, 221, 222; his departure from Celle, and arrival at Hamburg, 223; delivers his despatches, _ib._; again visits the queen with letters from baron Bülow, 229; his interesting interview with the queen, 230-3; his interview with Baron von Seckendorf, 233; his departure from Celle, and arrival in London, 234; delivers his letters to M. Hinüber, 236; the difficulties he has to encounter, 236, 237; receives intelligence of the death of the Queen of Denmark, 238; the termination of his enterprise, 241; through the interest of Lord North he receives 1,000 guineas for his services, and the promise of a seat at the Board of Green Cloth, 241, _note_; the promise never fulfilled on account of his adverse vote in Parliament, _ib._; extracts from his correspondence with his father, relative to the restoration of Caroline Matilda, 291 _et seq._, (APPENDIX); his remuneration for his outlay and services withheld, 306, 321; sample of his cypher writing, 307-312, (APPENDIX.)
Z.
Zell, (see CELLE), the castle of, 175.
Zimmermann, Dr., 245.
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Being an Accurate and Detailed Account, accompanied by more than 400 Pictorial Representations, characteristic of the various Diseases to which the Equine Race are subjected; together with the latest Mode of Treatment, and all the Requisite Prescriptions written in Plain English.
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_Mr. Mayhew's_ ILLUSTRATED HORSE DOCTOR, _and his companion volume_, THE ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT, _should be in the possession of all who keep horses_.
CONTENTS:
THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM.--Phrenitis; Abscess within the brain; Staggers; Sleepy Staggers and Mad Staggers; Megrims; Hydrophobia; Tetanus; Stringhalt; Partial Paralysis; Gutta Serena.
THE EYES.--Simple Ophthalmia; Specific Ophthalmia; Cataract; Fungoid Tumours within the substance of the Eye; Lacerated Eyelid; Impediment in the Lachrymal Duct.
THE MOUTH.--Excoriated Angles of the Mouth; Parrot Mouth; Lampas; Injuries to the Jaw; Aphtha; Lacerated Tongue; Teeth; Scald Mouth.
THE NOSTRILS.--Cold; Nasal Polypus; Nasal Gleet; Highblowing and Wheezing.
THE THROAT.--Sore Throat; Cough; Laryngitis; Roaring; Choking; Rupture and Stricture of the Œsophagus; Bronchocele.
THE CHEST AND ITS CONTENTS.--Congestion in the Field; Congestion in the Stable; Bronchitis, or Inflammation of the Air Passages; Pneumonia, or Inflammation of the Lungs; Pleurisy; Hydrothorax; Disease of the Heart.
THE STOMACH, LIVER, &C.--Spasm of the Diaphragm; Acute Gastritis; Chronic Gastritis; Bots; Chronic Hepatitis; Crib-biting.
THE ABDOMEN.--Enteritis; Acute Dysentery; Chronic Dysentery; Acites, or Dropsy of the Abdomen; Influenza; Abdominal Injuries; Worms; Spasmodic Colic, Fret, Gripes; Windy Colic.
THE URINARY ORGANS.--Nephritis, or Inflammation of the Kidneys; Cystitis, or Inflammation of the Bladder; Spasm of the Urethra; Calculi; Hæmaturia, or Bloody Urine; Diabetes Insipidus, or Profuse Staling; Albuminous Urine.
THE SKIN.--Mange; Prurigo; Ringworm; Surfeit; Hide-bound; Lice; Larva in the Skin; Warts; Tumours; Swollen Legs; Sitfast; Grease; Mallenders and Sallenders; Cracked Heels.
SPECIFIC DISEASES.--Broken Wind; Mellanosis; Water Farcy; Purpura Hæmorrhagica; Strangles; Glanders.
LIMBS.--Osseous Deposits; Spavin; Splint; Ringbone; Strain of the Flexor Tendon; Clap of the Back Sinews; Sprain of the Back Sinews; Breaking Down; Curb; Occult Spavin; Rheumatism; Windgalls; Bog Spavin; Thoroughpin; Capped Knee; Capped Hock; Capped Elbow; Luxation of the Patella; Blood Spavin.
THE FEET.--Lameness; Pumice Foot; Sandcrack; False Quarter; Seedy Toe; Tread and Over-reach; Corns; Quittor; Canker; Thrush; Ossified Cartilages; Acute Laminitis, or Fever in the Feet; Sub-Acute Laminitis; Navicular Disease.
INJURIES.--Poll Evil; Fistulous Withers; Fistulous Parotid Duct; Phlebitis, or Inflammation of the Vein; Broken Knees; Open Synovial Cavities; Open Synovial Joints; Wounds.
OPERATIONS.--Tracheotomy; Periosteotomy; Neurotomy; Division of the tendons; Quittor.
CRITICAL NOTICES.
FIELD, _July_ 28, 1863.--"The book contains nearly 600 pages of valuable matter, which reflects great credit on its author, and, owing to its practical details, the result of deep scientific research, deserves a place in the library of medical, veterinary, and non-professional readers."
ATHENÆUM, _August_ 4, 1860.--"Mr. Mayhew has written several works on the diseases, with details of the anatomy, of animals. His accuracy is great. The chapters are well arranged. Each speaks of the diseases of one part of the equine frame. The illustrations to these are excellent. The operations are accurately described; not the slightest useful hint is forgotten; while to render this portion more intelligible, diagrams of the parts to be operated on, with views of the instruments, are generally given; and the prescriptions, as stated in the title-page, are made out in English. The causes, symptoms, and treatment of diseases are briefly recorded in a summary, forming an appendix. We conclude by commending Mr. Mayhew's book, especially to every possessor of the most useful of the 'servants of man.'"
ILLUSTRATED NEWS.--"The great mass of the illustrations are wonderfully faithful, and they are so varied and interesting that we would undertake to get rid of the most confirmed bore that ever pressed heavily on mankind for a good two hours by only handing him the book, and directing his attention to them. It is a well-known fact that grooms only remember the names of four or five diseases, and are sadly indiscriminate in their knowledge of symptoms. This book furnishes at once the bane and the antidote, as the drawings show the horse not only suffering from every kind of disease, but in the different stages of it, while the alphabetical summary at the end gives the cause, symptoms, and treatment of each."
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ERA.--"We advisedly say that 'The Illustrated Horse Doctor' is the very best book of the kind which we know; and what gives it an especial charm is, that the author so thoroughly sympathises with the noble animal which he describes. Without pretending to go into any analysis of this valuable work, we at once pronounce it as scientific, yet intelligible; informing, yet highly amusing; acceptable to the profound horse-doctor, yet the work of all others for the bookshelves in every gentleman's sanctum."
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HORSE MANAGEMENT,
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DESCRIPTIVE REMARKS UPON ANATOMY, MEDICINE, SHOEING, TEETH, FOOD, VICES, STABLES;
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BY EDWARD MAYHEW, M.R.C.V.S.,
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CONTENTS:
THE BODY of the horse anatomically considered.
PHYSIC.--The mode of administering it, and minor operations.
SHOEING.--Its origin, its uses, and its varieties.
THE TEETH.--Their natural growth, and the abuses to which they are liable.
FOOD.--The fittest time for feeding, and the kind of food which the horse naturally consumes.
THE EVILS which are occasioned by modern stables.
THE FAULTS inseparable from most present erections which are used as stables.
THE SO-CALLED "INCAPACITATING VICES," which are the results of injury or of disease.
STABLES as they should be.
GROOMS.--Their prejudices, their injuries, and their duties.
HORSE DEALERS.--Who they are; their mode of dealing; their profits; their morality, and their secrets.
POINTS.--Their relative importance, and where to look for their development.
BREEDING.--Its inconsistencies and its disappointments.
BREAKING AND TRAINING.--Their errors and their results.
CARRIAGES.--Their cost; their make; their excellences and their management.
SADDLERY, HARNESS, AND STABLE SUNDRIES.--Of what these consist; their application and their preservation.
_Mr. Mayhew's_ ILLUSTRATED HORSE DOCTOR, _and his companion volume_, THE ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT, _should be in the possession of all who keep horses_.
CRITICAL NOTICES.
ATHENÆUM, _Feb._ 20, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew thoroughly comprehends the matter, and all masters of studs--we may say, every owner of a single pony or ass--will derive much profit and an equal amount of pleasure by perusing this volume; for the book is not only distinguished by common sense, but by its power of amusing. We never met with a volume which more honestly and efficiently carried out the promise made on its title-page. A large amount of English life, ways, manners, morals, dodges and doings is described by Mr. Mayhew, as well as more serious matter connected with the question which he so ably handles."
STANDARD, _Jan._ 27, 1864.--"It is, perhaps, the most perfect work yet published upon the management of horses. Everywhere Mr. Mayhew writes ably and readably, and with neither fear nor favour; his observations always commend themselves to one's understanding, and he hits fairly many blots in our present system of management. The engravings are exceedingly well executed, and they illustrate the text actually as well as nominally."
OBSERVER, _Jan._ 10, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew is already favourably known to a large number of persons interested in the management of horses by a former work, with the title of the 'Illustrated Horse Doctor,' and the volume under notice will certainly add considerably to his reputation for extensive knowledge and thorough acquaintance with the subject with which he professes to deal. Mr. Mayhew also has some very useful remarks on the situation, nature and value of the various points to be looked for by the purchaser of a horse, and this useful information is supplemented by some very excellent and truthful remarks upon grooms, dealers, breeders, breakers and trainers, the whole forming a most valuable work for guidance and reference, and displaying in every page an earnest desire to improve the condition and treatment of one of the noblest and most serviceable animals provided for the use of man."
SPECTATOR, _Feb._ 6, 1864.--"No horseman who can afford to buy it will regret the purchase of Mr. Mayhew's 'Illustrated Horse Management.'"
BELL'S MESSENGER.--"There can be no question that Mr. Mayhew is the most competent man of the day for the task which he has undertaken, and we must add most satisfactorily accomplished. 'The Illustrated Horse Management' may be fitly termed an encyclopædia of all that relates to the horse, and the several uses to which it can be applied. We, therefore, earnestly recommend this handsome volume to our readers, with the conviction that every one who cares for his horse can profitably and pleasurably consult its well-stored pages."
SUN, _Jan._ 19, 1864.--"We have read Mr. Mayhew's book with all the attention which it so eminently merits, and we have no hesitation in asserting that it is the most comprehensive and instructive work on the subject of horse management which we have ever had the luck to meet with. The 'Illustrated Horse Management' is a work which should find a place in the library of every country gentleman, for the most experienced may derive benefit from its perusal."
NONCONFORMIST, _March_ 9, 1864.--"Grooms hate their masters to be too knowing, but whoever shall quietly study this book, and make it his guide for a few weeks in the observation and control of his own stable, will not afterwards feel himself to be dependent on his servants. Mr. Mayhew writes clearly, forcibly, and delightfully, and we earnestly recommend his book to every one who is the owner of even a pony for his children's use, while those who have extensive stables should read and read again every paragraph of its closely packed contents."
GLOBE, _Feb._ 22, 1864.--"Mr. Mayhew writes on a subject of which he is master; and his new book is a work of care, experience and general enlightenment, as concerns the management of horses."
ECONOMIST, _March_ 5, 1864.--"The 'Illustrated Horse Management,' by Edward Mayhew, is really a very useful book to all who are concerned with horses, either for pleasure or profit. To English farmers, who may be induced to breed horses, the various points of management which are insisted on by Mr. Mayhew in ample detail have a money value."
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THE HORSES OF THE SAHARA,
And the Manners of the Desert.
BY E. DAUMAS,
General of the Division Commanding at Bordeaux, Senator, &c., &c.
WITH COMMENTARIES BY THE EMIR ABD-EL-KADER (Authorized Edition).
In 8vo, cloth, price 10s. 6d., by post 11s. 2d.
CONTENTS:
=Part I.=
SOURCES OF INFORMATION.
Remarks by the Emir Abd-el-Kader.--Treatise on the Horse.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ARAB HORSE.--Four great epochs; Creation of the horse; Change of coat; Moral qualities of the thorough-bred.
THE BARB.--Oneness of the race; Letter from M. Lesseps on the Alexandria races; Weight carried by African horses.
Traditional love of the horse; Arab proverbs.
Superiority of the horses of the Sahara.
BREEDS.--Incontestable purity of the Saharene Barb; Endurance of the Arab; Two varieties of the horse.
THE SIRE AND THE DAM.--Mare and foal; Influence of the sire; Purity of race.
REARING AND BREAKING IN.--Early training; Elementary Exercises; Names.
DIET.--Camel's and ewe's milk; Dates; Green food; Repose and fat injurious to a horse.
GROOMING, HYGIENE, PROPORTIONS.--Selection of food and water; How to foretell the size and character of a horse; Ingenious measurements.
COATS.--Variety of colours; White spots; Tufts; Favourite coats; Objectionable coats.
ON CHOOSING AND PURCHASING HORSES.
SHOEING.--Farriers; their privileges and tools; Cold shoeing.
THE HARNESS.--The Arab saddle; Advantages of the Arab system.
MAXIMS OF THE ARAB CAVALIER.--Endurance; Making the horse a study.
Horse-racing among the Arabs.
ABD-EL-KADER ON THE ARAB HORSE.--Examples of endurance; Reasons for early training; High price of mares; Identity of the Arab and the Barb; General instructions; Draught horses.
THE WAR HORSE.--His form and qualities.
=Part II.--The Manners of the Desert.=
The Arab horse derives his character from his Arab master.
THE SAHARA, BY ABD-EL-KADER.
THE RAZZIA.--Three kinds of razzia: the Tehha, the Khrotefa, the Terbigue; Episodes; Popular chaunt; The combat; Circumstantial details.
THE KHRIANIA, OR THEFT.--Horse, camel, and sheep stealing; Superstitions.
WAR BETWEEN DESERT TRIBES.--Motives; Proclamation of war; Summoning allies; Departure; Amorous intrigues; Thefts; Scouts; Preliminaries of peace; Saharene diplomacy; Conclusion of peace; Hostilities; The eve of battle; Challenges; War cries; The Battle; Defeat; Victory; Anecdotes.
Lamentations of an Arab warrior.
USAGES OF WAR.--Distribution of the plunder; The chief; Loan of a horse; Female spectators of the battle.
The horse of noble race.
OSTRICH HUNTING.--On horseback; Details of the excursion; From an ambush; Habits of the ostrich.
GAZELLE HUNTING.--THE GREYHOUND.
HAWKING.
THE CHACE, BY ABD-EL-KADER.--The gazelle; The hyæna; The panther; The lion; modes of hunting.
THE CAMEL.--Management, Diet, &c.
THE SHEEP.--Immense flocks; Their usefulness in the Sahara.
LIFE IN THE DESERT.--The villager; The master of the tent; Sobriety; Runners; Inventory of a wealthy Arab's fortune; His occupations; Armourers; Legislation; Women's employment; Hospitality; Mendicants; Sorcerers; Magic; Religion.
THE ARAB ARISTOCRACY.--The thorny shrub and the date-tree; The Sherifs; The marabouts and the _djouad_; A great tent; The _vendetta_; Examples; Blood money; _Lex talionis_; Birth, education, and marriage; Polygamy; An Arab interior; Amusements; Death; Funeral rites.
* * * * *
OBSERVER, _May_ 3, 1863.--"There is not a page in this book from which we may not gather useful hints or valuable information respecting the nature, habits and management of horses."
EDINBURGH COURANT.--"We have rarely read a work giving a more picturesque and, at the same time, practical account of the manners and customs of a people, than this book on the Arabs and their horses."
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber Notes: | | | | P. 109. 'prfoessional men.', changed 'prfoessional' to | | 'professional'. | | Changed all instances of 'negociation' to 'negotiation'. | | P. 313. Changed 'verry' to 'very', in 'I congratulate you very'. | | P. 318. Changed 'shokking' and 'childern' to 'shocking' and | | 'children', in 'a shocking bloodshed between children'. | | P. 320. Changed 'scilence' to 'silence', in 'so long a silence'. | | P. 324. Added 'a' to 'wishes you a great deal of good'. | | P. 325. Changed 'monts' to 'months', in 'two or three months'. | | P. 329. Index: Arnim, Her, changed 'Her' to 'Herr'. | | P. 334. Index: Schack, added 'from' to 'and expelled from the | | court'. | | Index: Struensee, his important reforms--added page number '39'. | | Add 18: 'Breakinig and training', changed 'Breakinig' to | | 'Breaking'. | | Corrected various punctuation. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+