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whofe breed I had every reafon to fix confider- 

 able eftimation, they not only foon gave ine 

 opportunity to become exceedingly accurate in 

 my remarks, but to adopt fuch remedies as I 

 fhould find moft applicable (in my opinion) to 

 the fymptoms of difeafe. 



Of thefe, a pointer, of nearly eight months 

 old, was the firft attacked. The earlieft fymp- 

 toms of difeafe were duUnefs, loathing of food, 

 frequent fickncfs, and conftant vomiting : thefe 

 producing in a few days great depreffion and 

 laflitude, were foon followed by perpetual 

 hufkinefs in the throat, and difficulty of refpi- 

 ration ; the nofe remarkably dry, and mouth 

 exceedingly hot, with occafional ftrainings to 

 evacuate by ftool without difcharge. 



'Not having been able to reconcile to myfelf 

 the leaft profpedt of fuccefs from the ufual 

 operation of * burning a green in the poll 

 * with a red hot iron, under an idea of the 

 complaints being in the head, and having 

 from hourly attention, as well as the moll 

 accurate obfervation, every reafon to believe 

 the difeafe particularly affeded the throaty 

 domach^ and intejiinesy it was ni^tural I fliould 



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