250 DISTEMPER. 



Repeat the dose, every third night, till the dog is 

 recovered ; taking care to keep him in a warm place, 

 and always fed with a warm liquid diet, such as 

 broth, gruel, &c. 



If the nostrils should discharge, have them washed, 

 or syringed, twice a day, with a lotion of alum, or 

 sugar of lead ; putting about half an ounce of either 

 to a pint of water. 



The following is a recipe, which no bribe could 

 tempt the vender to part with ; but, by means of 

 some very clever chymists, I have ascertained it to 

 be simply as follows : (after some trouble in dis- 

 covering the proportions, and discarding the in- 

 gredients by means of which it was disguised in a 



pill.) 



RECIPE. 

 FOR A HALF GROWN POINTER : 



Jalap powder . . . .25 grains. 



Calomel . . . .5 grains. 



Made into a pill with a little gum water. . 



FOR A FULL GROWN POINTER : 



Jalap powder . . . 30 grains. 



Calomel . . . .8 grains. 



Mixed as above. 



One of these doses, mixed with butter, or in a 

 small piece of meat, should be given to the dog every 

 other morning, on an empty stomach. The food 

 should be light, and easy to digest ; and the lotion, 

 if required for the nostrils, should be observed here, 

 as before mentioned. 



Notwithstanding the trouble we had to discover 



