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be thoroughly cleaned out, and scalded with hot water, every 

 second day. Dogs should always have plenty of fresh water. 

 During the hunting season hounds should have sulphur 

 mixed up with their meals once a week, in the proportion 

 of three drachms to each. At the end of the season, the 

 same quantity of sulphur should be given, with the addition 

 of one and a half drachm of antimony. After a hard day's 

 work an entire meal of horse-flesh should be given them, 

 and as newly killed as possible ; and when this cannot be 

 had, bullocks' paunches or sheep's trotters, both of which 

 ought to be well boiled. 



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Should be fed principally on animal food, such as sheep's 

 trotters or neats' feet, boiled or stewed down, and mixed 

 with bread or oatmeal, and given moderately in the morning 

 and afternoon, (the dog never being allowed, on any occa- 

 sion, to eat a great quantity at a time,) or on other hard 

 meat, as it will enlarge and strengthen the muscular fibre 

 without increasing the cellular tissue and adipose substance, 

 which has an invariable tendency to affect their breathing 

 The butchers' meat should be of the best quality. Within a 

 few days of a coursing-match, some sportsmen give each dog 

 two or three ounces of beefsteak, moderately fried in a little 

 brandy, with two or three teaspoonfuls of assafoetida dropped 

 into it. This braces their stomachs, and produces other 

 stimulating effects. After they have been coursed, they 

 should be well brushed all over, a little oil being used in 

 the operation. 



The kennels of greyhounds should be kept particularly 

 warm and dry, and at the same time they ought to be pro- 

 perly ventilated. Indeed, pure air is an essential requisite 

 to the health and vigour of all animals. 



