ON COLRSiNC. 



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heavy food distorts their legs, and occasions diseases in their Chap. XXXI. 

 bodies. And as to giving dogs short names of easy pronuncia- 



Largus victus solet esse maximo damno. 



It vory rarely happens that tlie kxiuv dpTtrJ/cos is deficient in milk for six or eight 

 weeli* after the birth of her progeny ; 



foemina qujcqne 

 Cum peperit dulci repletur lacte, quod omnis 

 Impetus in mammas converlitur ille alimenti : 



but if llie puppies do not thrive on the nutriment they derive from their dam, it is 

 probably deficient in quantity, and should be dispensed with altogether as soon as 

 they will lap cow's milk sufficient for their support. 



Tum tu adeo (nam tempus erit) jam parce parenti, 

 Exhaustis parce uberibus. Sed mollia nondum 

 Subducenda tamen natis alimenta, sed haustu 

 Pascendi lactis, cujus mulctralia pingues 

 Implerunt vaccas, et redeuntes rure capellas. 



Turberville says, " the longer they tast of their dammes teat, the more they shall 

 take of her complexion and nature." And when weaned, " it is best," he remarks, 

 " to bring tliera up abroad with milke, bread, and all sorts of pottages, and you shall 

 understand that to bring them up in villages of the country, is much better than to 

 bring them up in a butcherie :" " aux villages, et non aux boucheries," Fouilloux p. 9. 



How close is the analogy " touching the acceleration of growth and stature," in 

 the human and canine subject ! In breeding for the kennel. Lord Bacon's observa- 

 tions may be turned to some account. " Excess of nourishn)ent," says he, " is 

 hurtful ; for it maketh the child corpulent, and growing in breadth rather than in 

 height." " The nature of it may not be too dry, and therefore children in dairy 

 countries do wax more tall, than where they feed more upon bread and flesh ;" 

 " over-dry nourishment in childhood putteth back stature." Upon which principle 

 Albertus Magnus orders liquid food for the dog, because his temperament is dry. 



It is seldom that the practical courser will differ from the advice of old Gervase 

 Markham; but wh'en he says, " if the house you keep be of great receite, and many 

 servants, you shall let your cooke bring up your whelpes, and your dairy-maide your 

 second best, and the rest you shall put forth amongst your friends or tenants, accord- 

 ing unto the love you possesse in the country," I am inclined to invert the merits of 

 the respective claimants on the litter, placing la cuisiniere at the bottom of the list. 



unto thy choicest friends 



Blondus de 

 Canibus, &c. 



Oppian. 



Halieut. L. i. 



719. 



Lucretii L. v. 

 805. 



P. Angelii 



Bargaei Cyneg. 



L. V. 



Booke of 

 Hunting, p. 22. 



Lord Bacon's 



Nat. History. 



Cent. IV. 



Commit thy valued prize: the rustic dames 



Countrey Con- 

 tentments. B. I. 

 p. 27. 



Somerville. 



Tlie Cliace. 



B. IV. 



