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For Mrs Seton.

For the Goat whey courses.

Chuse those which have the most lately had kids.

Keep them on their native pasture i.e. on ground somewhat roc¬
ky & hilly, avoiding the rich pasture of any plain.

Milk them only, just before the whey is to be drunk, & put
the Rennet to the milk, while of the natural warmth as
it comes from the goat, & if the goats be distant carry the

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Rennet to the place, for, better carry the curdled milk
than to carry the milk to be afterwards curdled; but keep
the curdled milk in a vessel of warm water, while the
whey is a drinking.

Draw the whey by only cutting the curd with the edge of a
spoon & take none by pressing.

Only one gill the first day, but every day afterwards in¬
crease the dose by half a gill every day till she can
take a muchkin or more. When on the 2d or afterwards
she is to take more than a gill, divide it into separate
draughts, at the interval of half an hour or a little less
as her stomach &c.

Take the first draught about 7, or if that encroach on her
morning sleep, at 8. The whey may be commonly finished
in an hour or so & if she do it early & be inclined to sleep
after it, she may if it be sound & refreshing & without any
sweating, but if the contrary, avoid it, & get out of
bed soon after.

No breakfast till an hour after finishing the whey, & the
best sign of its agreeing will be its not taking away
her appetite for breakfast. She must judge of its agreeing
by its not being windy or heavy, by its going easily by
urine & not too much by stool. By this she may judge
how much may be taken. By beginning in the way
above

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by degrees, I have no doubt of her going the length of a
muchkin every morning but if agree well, may go farther,
tho not beyond a choppin if so far. If windy on her
stomach she may chew cinnamon or cannella while drinking it.

Little benefit from it taken in the Evening but if she
chuse a cup full with a little dry toast for supper, it
may be very proper.

During this fresh air & gentle exercise, in permitting
weather, neither very warm nor wet, in the carriage for
2 or 3 hours every forenoon & more or less also of the same to¬
wards Evening.

Diet much the same as for some time past, little or no
animal food, with a very little of the lightest kind at dinner.
For the rest, milk & vegetables. Sparing of garden things,
provided her stomach will allow her to take what is more
nourishing & not heating, i.e. Cows milk with bread, rice,
sago, or barley, or these grains alone dressed ad libitum. ¹
Take the milk as from the cow, & never long kept. If
not loose may take a little butter milk, but very fresh
& that made by churning new milk in a bottle. If there
should be any doubt of her bearing the fresh cow milk, she will
probably bear much better the churned made in the way above,
when the butter is taken from it.

No wine or malt liquor, but may take Barley water or

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thin gruel.

Continue frequently the Paregor. elixir, & in case of
asthmatic & restless nights or in case of looseness, increase
the dose to a tea spoonful & a half.

From all this I expect &cc. but she has been redu¬
ced so low, that it will require time & c. & if she do not
recover entirely during this & next month, she will be in
great danger from another winter in this climate: & I
[&?] so keep in view another Climate &ccc.