160 THE LIFE OF A FOXHOUND. 



My friend cleared his throat, and then 

 commenced. 



'* Peculiar conditions of the atmosphere 

 have generally the effect of some disorders, 

 which attack men and animals to so great an 

 extent as to be denominated the prevailing 

 diseases of the time — such as cholera, typhus 

 fever, influenza, and many others. These 

 results are not always contemporary with the 

 weather, which in reality produces them. 

 Indeed, they most frequently make their 

 appearance some little time after a change of 

 temperature has taken place, by which certain 

 influences have been established, which become 

 the sources of disorder in the functions of 

 animal economy. Such disorders as those 

 which are peculiar to any particular districts 

 cannot fail to receive an impulse from such a 

 season as the one we have lately experienced. 

 Kennel lameness ranks among the number as 

 likely to be one over which these powers may 

 be expected to have a very considerable 

 control. Much has been said and much has 

 been written on the subject, and many 

 possibilities have been suggested, and 

 remedies proposed, which have so little reason 

 for their basis, that it appears extraordinary 



