FEVER — FIELD SPANIELS 



horizontally along the bottom, shelter from cold winds will 

 be provident, and fights between the members of adjoining 

 kennels will be prevented. (See Kejtnels.) 



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Kennel Fencing, with Gate and' Water Trough. 



Fever. — The presence of fever is associated with a high 

 temperature, loss of appetite, and shivering, all of which 

 are usually to be regarded as signs of some approaching 

 sickness, but it may also be the result of an accident, such 

 as a severe wound, in which case there may be less anxiety 

 as regards the cause. The reduction of the fever as quickly 

 as possible should be attempted ; the most reliable agent 

 being, in the opinion of Mr. Alfred J. Sew^ell in ''The Dog's 

 Medical Dictionary," pubHshed by Messrs. Routledge and 

 Sons, phenacetin, to be administered as directed by him in 

 that work. (See Temperature.) 



Field Spaniels are divided into two groups, namely, 

 the springers, which are the larger-sized varieties, and the 

 cockers or small ones. The former category includes the 

 clumber and Sussex, Norfolk and Welsh spaniels, and the 

 members of the spaniel family of various colours which 

 are of the larger size, and do not belong to one of the 

 above four breeds. Hence it has become the custom to 

 designate as a field spaniel a springer, which is not a 

 Sussex, clumber, Welsh, or Norfolk. Various colours are 



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