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serve aiiv attention, tliev must deserve good atteu- 

 tion, and Imiiiaiiitj' doiiiaiids that our iitniost ex- 

 ertions should be bestowed to relieve them ; and if 

 iii a state of health thev are allowed to come near 

 the tire, to sleep vvarni, to be caressed, and to eat 

 good food, — in sickness ihey require still more: and 

 ■when, merely to avoid trouble, they are in this case 

 confined in a cold room, or outhouse, attended by 

 a neglectful servant, without solace, and v.ith cold 

 food and v/ater alone, neither can a\ e expect their 

 recoverv, or answer to our own minds their deaths. 

 Dogs are very irritable ; and though it may seem an 

 aftectation of tenderness, it is yet a very necessary 

 caution, that, when tl)ey are ill, their minds should 

 be soothed by every means in our power, or tlieir 

 complaint, in many instances, will be greatly ag- 

 gravated. I have seen a sick dog fall into convul- 

 sions at the momentary sight of a dead one ; and I 

 have many times witnessed an angry word spoken to 

 a healthy dog have the above effect on a sick one, 

 who was near. Joy and surprise will produce the 

 same. A dog, under my care, who was rapidly re- 

 covering from a iinijerinfr illness, was visited bv a 

 servant, of whom the animal was particularly fond : 

 on seeing this servant, he at once fell into convulsions, 

 and never aftervvards recovered frojn them ; and 

 this I have seen frequently happen. So great is the 

 gratitude and attachment of these animals, and so 

 feelinjilv alive are thev to kindness, that even in 

 death they are not unmindful of their benefactors. 

 A large setter, who, after being tenderly nursed in 

 distem.per for three weeks, had lain on a bed for 

 three days in a dying situation, '^vilhout the ability 



