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motions by the chain, or exposed to damp exha- 

 lations and cold draughts of air. From the 

 time he is weaned, he should be moderately fed 

 twice a day on bread and milk, broth, or stale 

 bread soaked in gravy, and occasionally with a 

 small portion of flesh, chopped fine. If you do 

 not observe this last direction, you will have 

 trouble at the outset, for a morsel that a puppy 

 will greedily bolt, often passes undigested 

 through the lower orifice of the stomach, and 

 lodging in some portion of the intestinal canal, 

 defies all attempts to dislodge it for several 

 days. During this time the dog suffers excru- 

 ciating pain, and after relief is obtained by ad- 

 ministration of active purges and clysters, his 

 constitution remains seriously affected. 



Most probably, however, the first untoward 

 symptoms which are noticed are- those which 

 indicate the presence of worms' in the stomach 

 and intestines, and in these cases we have 

 found common table salt regularly administered 

 in milk, to be the most safe and effectual 

 remedy. It is also beneficial in convulsions 

 arising from distemper, or from tanial affections; 

 a small tea-spoonful introduced into the mouth 

 often having the effect of putting a period to 

 the paroxysm. The distemper shows itself by 



