502 SUPPLEMENT. 



tartar, and eight of jalap, and the glysters to 

 half the quantity given to larger dogs, till 

 his recovery was ascertained to a certainty, 

 and he is now in my possession, with the fe- 

 male, that l^s never been at all attacked, 

 at least to become perceptible. This was the 

 fifth successful trial upon animals under my 

 own inspection, and not to be controverted 

 by the pique or prejudice of those who may 

 conceive the matter too trifling for the press^ 

 or the species too insignificant for the pro- 

 ces!^. 



Having, however, speaking from experi- 

 mental sensations, every reason to believe 

 there are of all classes great numbers who 

 would most readily encounter not only fa- 

 tigue, but difficulty and expense, to extri- 

 cate from disease and threatening death 

 favourites of this species,, it is from the flat- 

 tering hopes of their plaudits, that I have 

 gone entirely out of the line of literary ambi^ 

 tion, and descended to the descriptive mi- 

 nutise of a subject that may, from the more 

 SUBLIME and DIGNIFIED practitioner, un- 

 dergo every possible accusation of profes- 



