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THE 



DISEASE IN THE CANINE SPECIES 



CALLED 



THE DISTEMPER. 



There can be no doubt but the infe- 

 riority of this subject, to the magnitude of 

 the former;, will prove matter of observation 

 to those whose principal inquiries are di- 

 rected more to the discovery of defects, than 

 the applause of perfections. These /ere? will, 

 however, bear no proportion to the large 

 body of liberal-minded sporisinen to whom it 

 is principally addressed, and for whose use 

 itisalmost solely communicated. Nor would 

 it even now have been obtruded upon public 

 opinion, but at the particular request of 

 gentlemen who, liaving profited by the in- 

 structions, were anxious for the promotion 

 of general utility. 



It may, with the strictest justice, be per- 

 mitted to boast some degree of affinity to 

 the subject so largely treated on, when it i^ 



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