SUPPLEMENT. 50i 



instance in favour of the attempt and prac- 

 tice, without a single counteraction to justify 

 a doubt of its consistency. 



The constantly increasing claims upon 

 professional attention to objects of greater 

 importance, having induced a suspension of 

 the gun, with the disposal of my pointers, an 

 inviolable (or rather invincible) attachment to 

 the species soon procured me an epitome of 

 the fashion, in a brace of terriers ; and such 

 being obtained in preference from a palace^ 

 (rather than the cottage), w^re equally re- 

 markable for their breed and beauty, soon 

 becoming, as pointers had been, objects of 

 adequate attention. Of these the male was 

 attacked under six months old, in every re- 

 spect as all the others that had been subjects 

 of my observation, and with so much con- 

 tinued severity, and increasing violence of 

 symptoms, that I did not entertain either 

 expectation or idea of its recovery. The 

 same plan of operation was pursued as with 

 all the rest, varying the proportions only to 

 age, sf^e, and strength ; by reducing the com- 

 position of the ball to two grains of emetic 



