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it should assume a chronic character when 

 once introduced into the system. It is asserted 

 that the dog perspires through the tongue; 

 admitting that as a fact, it is to a very 

 trifling extent, and not equivalent to the vast 

 effusion of violent perspiration which must 

 ensue from the laborious exertions of the 

 chase, providing a hound generates an 

 equivalent proportion according to his bulk 

 that either a man or a horse does under similar 

 efforts ; besides which, making its escape from 

 one part only, the general relief to the animal 

 cannot be equivalent to that which is 

 experienced by those animals who have outlets 

 in the immediate proximity of almost every 

 muscle. It is very evident that a great portion 

 of the extraneous fluid, which in some animals 

 flies off in perspiration, is by the hound voided 

 m urine. The vast quantity which he passes 

 is a proof of this, and it is a reason why 

 medicines acting upon the urinary functions 

 should be resorted to, in cases of kennel lame- 

 ness, as a palliative. 



" Seeing the announcement some months 

 ago that * our right trusty and well-beloved 

 friend ' and faithful correspondent. Ring- 

 wood, had forwarded his opinions and 



