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kerchief around the limb ; it i^hoiM be drawn tightly, and answers 

 better if a knot is put in it, which is to be placed directly over the 

 course of the bleeding vessel. By this means the pressure will be 

 exerted more directly upon it. This bandage should not be re- 

 moved till a surgeon is present. 



All the principal bloodvessels run on the inside of the limbs, and 

 can be easily discovered by the pulsation. 



TO TELL THE AGE OF A DOG. 



It just occurs to us how ignorant many of our friends are as to 

 the mode of telling the age of a dog ; we therefore gi^^e in this 

 place a few hints on the subject. 



Take, for instance, a puppy at one year old ; open his mouth, 

 and examine his front teeth ; take no heed of the side or jaw-teeth, 

 save to admire their ivory-like appearance. 



These front teeth, — or, more scientifically speaking, these in- 

 cisors, — both in the upper and lower jaw, will be found jagged and 

 uneven : this appearance may be termed the marks of the dog. 

 The age of a dog may be determined by these 9narks with the same 

 degree of certainty with which a jockey guesses at the age of a 

 horse. These marks continue longer in the upper teeth than they 

 do in the lower, and the jagged, uneven appearance noticed in the 

 pup is half gone at the age of three or four years ; w^hen it has en- 

 tirely disappeared and all the front teeth have become worn 

 smooth and even, the dog is nearly or quite full six years old. 



