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with the males, or to be so heavy with young that she cannot 

 work by herself during the last part of the sporting season. 

 This may certainly be a saving knowledge, but the opportu- 

 nity of saving a breed of a good kind ought not to be sacri- 

 ficed for so paltry an object. 



PARTURITION, OR PUPPmO. 



It is no uncommon occurrence for bitches to lose their 



lives in pupping. Protracted labour will cause the death of 



the young in the womb, in which case they frequently are 



not discharged at the time, but come away piecemeal some 



days afterwards. Sometimes fits are brought on by tedious 



labours, in which case give the following specific : — 



iEther .... 1 drachm. 



Laudanum . . .1 drachm, 



Strong ale . . .2 ounces. 



CHAPTER YL 



FEEDING, MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, &c. 



The natural food of the dog is flesh, and it is found that 

 those in a wild state prefer it to any other kind of nutri- 

 ment. It is this desire that gives to him the instinctive pro- 

 perty of pursuing other animals ; and without this crav- 

 ing of nature he never would hunt. Many have been of 

 opinion that to feed a dog on flesh destroys the acuteness of 

 his olfactory sense. This doctrine we most positively deny, 

 and that, too, upon the most common principles of physi- 

 ology ; for it is diflUcult to conceive how any animal should 



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