120 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



sudden, tliat it is a very dangerous thing to let the 

 patient l)lood. In short, a huntsman never knows, 

 till the moment his services are required, in what 

 direction they can best be applied. The pre- 

 monitory symptoms of the disease are loss of spirits, 

 heavy or dull expression in the eyes, and a short 

 ^Miusking" cough, with a disinclination to food. 

 These symptoms are then usually followed by a 

 discliarge from the nose, of more or less virulence. 



To meet the approach of this always-advancing 

 foe, the young hounds should be put in a nice clean 

 and comfortable airy kennel, separated, of course, 

 from the old hounds. Their stone troughs for 

 drinking should be always full of fresh water, with 

 a little nitre dissolved in it : it is cooling, and 

 can do no harm to an}^ phase the disease may 

 assume. Liquid blister, setons, grey-poAvder, and 

 calomel, should be kept at hand. Calomel is a sure 

 remedy for the ^^ yellows " or ''jaundice " in hounds 

 when given in sufficient and repeated doses, and it 

 is the best medicine to give in the common dis- 

 temper, for the yellows often accompany it when 

 the liver is affected. 



To a bloodhound I have given as much as 

 15 grains, or even 20 grains, of calomel at a time. 



