BLENHEIM SPANIEL 



sary appliances are not at hand, an impromptu tourniquet 

 may be fastened above and below the seat of injury, and 

 this can be done by fastening bandages round the parts 

 an inch or so from the wound, and twisting them tight 

 with a piece of stick, which can be kept in its place by 

 another bandage or piece of cord. Should the wound be 

 situated in such a position that a tourniquet cannot be 

 applied, or if it is not considered desirable to adopt the 

 latter arrangement, the bleeding may be stopped by placing 

 a flat piece of wood, cork, or even stone wrapped up in 

 part of a handkerchief, which has been saturated in water, 

 over the cut, and wrapping a bandage tightly round it to 

 close the wound. Temporary bandages can be made by 

 cutting a stocking (a cotton one preferably, as it does not 

 stretch) lengthways into two strips, and if one is not long 

 enough a second can be attached to its end by safety or 

 other pins. This, of course, can only be regarded as 

 emergency treatment ; but as it usually happens that 

 serious cases occur when no proper appliances are avail- 

 able, it is best to know how to act with promptitude. 

 The bleeding, unless the injury is a severe one, in which 

 case professional assistance had better be secured, will 

 usually be stopped by such means as those suggested, 

 but the bandages should not be removed for six hours, 

 when the injury can be properly attended to. (See 

 Bandaging, Stitching Wounds,) 



Blenheim Spaniel. — This is one of the most beautiful 

 and engaging of all the toy varieties, and has been a 

 favourite amongst the dog-owners of England for many 

 years. In general shape it very closely resembles the 

 King Charles, but it is of rather a more fragile and lathy 

 build, and somewhat flatter ribbed. The main point of 

 distinction between the two breeds lies, however, in their 

 colours — that of the Blenheim being white, with markings 

 of a lovely golden-lemon hue, neither too pale nor yet too 

 dark in shade, and fairly distributed over the body, though 



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