DfCrnfesf anti CitteiS of %mniel^. h? 



If the Spaniel lofe its Hair, as it often happens, then 

 bathe your Spaniel in the water of Lupines or Hops, 

 and anoint him withftale Barrows- flick. 



This ointment, befides the cure, maketh his skin look 

 flick and beautiful, and kills the fleas, the dogs difquie- 

 ters, and enemies to his eafe. 



If this be not ftrong enough to deftroy this malady, 

 then take two quarts of ftrong vinegar, common oil fix 

 ounces, brimftone three ounces, foot fix ounces, brayd 

 fait and fearced two handfuls : boil all thefe together in 

 the vineger, and anoint your dog as aforefaid. This 

 receipt muft not be adminiftred in cold weather, for it 

 may hazard his life in fo doing. 



If a Spaniel be not much troubled with the Mange, 

 then it is eafie to cure him thus : 



Make bread with wheaten-bran, with the roots, 

 leaves, and fruit of Agrimony, beating them well in a 

 mortar, and, making it into a pa(k or dough, bake it 

 in an oven, and fo made, give thereof to your Spjimel\ 

 giving him no other bread for fome time, letting him 

 eat as long as he will. 



Cure of the Formica. 



In the fummcr-time there is a fcurvy malady which 

 very much afflidts a Spaniefs ears, and is accafioncd by 

 flies and their own fcratching with their feet : We term 

 it a Mange-, the Italians^ Formica, and the French^ Four' 

 mier. 



For the cure, take Gum-dragaganth four ounces in- 

 fufed in the ftrongeft Vinegar may be gotten, for the 

 fpace of eight days, and afterwards bruifed on a mar- 

 ble-ftone, as painters do their colours, adding unto it 

 Roch-allum and Galls beaten to powder, of either two, 

 ounces i mingle all thefe well together, and lay it on 

 the place affiidtedo 



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