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purities by occasional doses of medicine. 

 Some of my friends administer the blue 

 pill as an alterative, but I am not as yet 

 a convert to the system, as I am of 

 opinion that the only admissible purga- 

 tives are salts and castor oil ; and these 

 will keep the dog's body in a proper 

 state. The peristaltic persuaders so much 

 in vogue with some enterprising dog- 

 doctors only tend to tuck the animal up 

 and irritate the intestines. 



When young dogs are vermicelliciously 

 inclined, the following is an excellent re- 

 medy ; indeed, I have never found it to 

 fail : — Pound some glass in a mortar 

 until it is perfectly pulverized, and as 

 fine as magnesia ; give the dog as much 

 as will lie on a sixpence every other day 

 for a week. To make it palatable, and to 

 ensure its safe and steady transit to the 

 stomach, rub the powder down in a piece 

 of dripping, or butter, the size of a wal- 



