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who is acquainted with anatomy needs no such 

 assistance. Some globular substance being 

 detected, the fingers are advanced ; and if 

 more than one pup be conceived, another 

 similar to it will speedily impinge upon the 

 touch ; then another, and so on, until the 

 whole of the promised family have been thus 

 announced. The last is the most difficult to 

 discover ; for should there be more than two 

 or three, it may, and will generally, occupy 

 the extremity of a horn, and in that situation 

 may escape observation. There are to the 

 womb of this animal a pair of horns, which 

 are long, and extend to the region of the 

 kidneys. Both cannot be traced at the same 

 time, and there is a chance of the two being 

 confounded ; therefore it is not well to be 

 positive as to the precise number of young 

 the bitch will bring forth. And I never pre- 

 sume to speak confidently upon the point ; for 

 though, in the majority of cases, my opinion 

 may have been corroborated, nevertheless I 

 have often known a pup more than I supposed 

 the uterus contained to have been delivered. 

 From the end of the fourth week, the litter, 

 as it were, go away, or are lost ; but when 

 the sixth week arrives, the contents of the 

 abdomen may be plainly detected ; and if the 

 bitch be taken upon the lap, and her belly 

 supported with the hand, they at this period 

 will be felt to move, and the motion even of 

 their limbs is clearly recognised. 



Milk appears in the teats about the middle 



