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from their jugular veins, and the whole place covered 

 with gore. Seeing no basin, or any vessel to measure 

 quantity by, I asked this learned gentleman if he bled 

 his hounds until they dropped, or how he was to deter- 

 mine when a sufficient quantity had been taken to suit 

 his taste. He seemed to treat my question with contempt, 

 remarking that he knew his business perfectly well, and 

 how much blood each hound ought to lose. With all 

 due deference to his opinion, I ventured to suggest that 

 some of his patients looked as if they did not require 

 blood-letting at all, and his rage was great when I offered 

 to operate on himself, as exhibiting decided appearances 

 of plethora. 



When the hunting season is over, let the food be 

 mixed thin, instead of stinting the hounds in the quantity, 

 and give them a dose or two of Epsom salts. They 

 should also have, once a week, sulphur and cream of 

 tartar in their food. One pound of each is sufficient for 

 about thirty couples of hounds. If any hound should 

 break out in spots, or exhibit appearances of mange, give 

 him, for three alternate nights, a teaspoonful of jEthiop's 

 mineral, mixed up in lard, and afterwards half an ounce 

 of Epsom salts in some warm liquor. Giving hounds 

 physic in their food is, as I have before stated, very 

 objectionable. When salts are given they should be 

 mixed up with broth only ; but when sulphur or cream 

 of tartar (intended only as alteratives) are given to the 

 whole pack, they may be fed late in the evening ; and in 

 this case it may be mixed with the meal. 



During the summer months vegetables are very useful 

 to keep hounds in health. Whey is also very cooling. 

 I used to give young nettles in the spring of the year. 



