avoid it. U is good to let the Whelps fuck two 

 Months before they be weaned, and that of their own 

 Dam. 



Put Cummin now and then in their bread, it will 

 cure or prevent Wind in their bellies i and if Oyl be 

 mingled with that Water they lap, they will prove 

 more able and fwift to run. If he refufe and loath 

 his Meat , give him a little hot Bread , or dip brown 

 Bread in Vinegar, and fqeeze the liquor thereof into his 

 Nofc, and it will eafe him. 



There is fome difficulty tochufe a Whelp under the 

 Dam that will prove the beft of the Litter. Some 

 obferve that which feeth lalt, and take that for the 

 bert : others remove the Whelps from the Kennel, 

 and lay them feveral and apart one from the other > 

 then watch they which of them the Bitch firlt taketh 

 and carrieth into her Kennel again , and that they 

 take f'T the bell \ or elfe that which vomiteth laft of 

 all. Some again give for a certain rule to know the 

 beft, that the fame which weigheth le4(t while it fuck- 

 cth will prove the belt, according to the Verfes of Nc' 

 mtfian : 



Fondere nam Catuli poterU perptndert virif^ 

 Corporibtffque Uves gravibuf pernofcere cur fa. 



But this is certain, that the lighter Whelp will prove the 

 fwifter, and the heavier will be the ftronger. 



As foon as as the Bitch hath littered, it is requifite te» 

 chufc them you intend topreferve, and throw away the 

 rcrt : keep the black, brown, or of one colour, for the 

 fpotted are not much to be accounted of ., but of Hounds, 

 rpotted are to be valued. 



There is not any Creature irrational, more loving 

 to his Malter, nor more fcrviceable than a Dog, cn- 

 ikring blows from his hands, and ufing no other means 



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