SURFEIT — SUSSEX SPANIEL 



enable them to be forced up the rectum in cases where it 

 is necessary to adopt the method of administering medicine 

 by the bowel. They are also used in cases of inflammation 

 of the rectum, piles, and haemorrhoids ; which see. 



Surfeit is the result of injudicious feeding and the want 

 of proper exercise, which combine in upsetting the stomach 

 and heating the blood, with the result that inflamed patches 

 break out all over the body, and from these a disagreeable, 

 sticky discharge appears. Subsequently scabs form, and 

 when these come off bare patches are left. The treatment 

 is similar to red mange; which see. 



Sussex Spaniel. — This variety is no doubt one of the 

 most ancient of the British breeds, and in the opinion of 

 several writers of authority the taproot from which the 

 setter originated. For many years the Rosehill strain was 

 the source from which the finest Sussex spaniels of the 

 day had sprung, but the fortunes of the breed began to 

 decline more than a generation ago, with the result that 

 few really typical specimens of the old type, and still fewer 

 pure-bred Sussex spaniels, can be found. This is greatly 

 to be regretted, as they were first-rate working, intelligent, 

 and keen-nosed dogs, and hence the practical extinction 

 of the race leaves the canine world distinctly poorer. 



The head of the Sussex spaniel is rather heavy, and 

 the forehead somewhat projecting ; the muzzle being long 

 and square, the nose liver-coloured, the eyes soft and hazel- 

 coloured ; the ears, which are low set, being long, narrower 

 at the setting on than at the tips, and well fringed with 

 hair. The neck is slightly arched and very strong-looking ; 

 the shoulders sloping, the chest deep, and the body long, 

 with well-sprung ribs and powerful loins. The fore-legs 

 are short, straight, and well-feathered down to the ground ; 

 the feet being large and carrying plenty of hair, and the 

 hind-legs being very muscular about the thighs. The tail, 

 which is docked, is feathered and carried low ; the coat being 



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