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By pursuing this course, together with the 

 free use of the balsam of Peru and lard 

 ointment, I succeeded in making a new 

 dog of him, and at the expiration of six 

 weeks, when his mistress returned from the 

 mountains, I had the pleasure of present- 

 ing to her a sound and healthy animal, in 

 place of the loathsome object she had left 

 in my care. 



Pet dogs, when properly cared for, are 

 much longer lived, more companionable, 

 cause less anxiety and trouble, and are very 

 much more cheerful and comfortable than 

 when they are overfed or too closely con- 

 fined, and allowed to become fat and dis- 

 eased. Or, if their digestive organs are 

 weakened or destroyed by injudicious food, 

 a train of diseases is likely to be brought 

 on that renders them, and all who come 

 in contact with them, miserable and dis- 

 gusted. 



It is believed by many that both sugar 

 and salt are injurious to dogs, but this is a 



