IL ss DEER AND DOG TICKS. 
In regard to methods of prevention, cleanliness in all branches— 
whether in regard to the state of the animals themselves or clearing 
infestation from wood in dog-kennels, or from paved or other localities, 
by scaldings and dressings and special washes, which may destroy the 
young Ticks in their lurking places whilst going through their changes 
of condition—is obviously useful. 
Where the creatures are not so numerous as to make special appli- 
cations to them dangerous to their host animal, a little drop of paraffin 
oil, or benzine, or tobacco-water, or even common oil, is a convenient 
means of making them loosen hold. 
In the U.S.A. the application of the soft-soap and mineral-oil 
mixture, known as kerosene emulsion (for recipe, see p. 68), is recom- 
mended in the official publications of the U.S. Board of Agriculture as 
an absolutely sovereign remedy. 
But with this attack, and most of the animal attacks preceding, I 
much wish to draw the attention of my readers to the point that J do 
not presume to give advice, on my own authority, on measures of treat- 
ment which cattle owners, sheep farmers, and those connected with 
regular management of horses and other animals, whether scientifically 
or practically, cannot fail to understand much better than myself. 
But in the foregoing pages I have endeavoured to give what falls 
into my own department—namely, such account as I am able of 
the habits and life-histories of the infestations as may give a clue 
to the conditions in which remedies and treatment may be brought 
to bear on them; and in doing this, accompanied by the notes of 
treatment which I have been favoured with from known and skilled 
observers and veterinary surgeons, I trust I shall not be considered 
to have gone beyond what I may without intrusion lay before my 
readers. 
