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cveiy suspense, confirmed every suspicion, 

 and left no one doubt of tlie cause of com- 

 plaint or certainty of cure. The animal, al- 

 most from this moment, became a new sub- 

 ject, demonstrating in every action his change 

 of situation; notwithstanding which, the ope- 

 ration, in a few hours, was once more repeated^ 

 and in its effect brouglit away some loose 

 remains exactly corresponding with the sub- 

 stances before described. From this time he 

 suffered no farther inconvenience but Avhat 

 was the result of previous pain, want of nu- 

 triment, and bodily debilitation : he con- 

 tinued daily to improve, not only in his re- 

 newed establishments of health, but, the en- 

 suing season, in his expected qualifications ; 

 after which I parted with him, for a very 

 valuable consideration, to a gentleman going 

 to Scotland, who purchased him with an 

 avowed intent to improve the breed, lie being 

 perhaps as fine a figure, with size, bone, speed, 

 and perfection, as ever entered the field. 



To this succeeded, in a very short space 

 of time, the case of a young spaniel, in every 

 respect the same, but with much less severity; 

 the symptoms, in fact, were not violent to 



