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 be enticed to eat likewise by the sairie little arts we 

 \jse to persuade sick children to take nourishment ; 

 for they are, under these circumstances, to the full as 

 tickle, and as fanciful. A steak very nicely dressed 

 will entice them frequently ; and pork, ia many cases, 

 when no other meat will. Raw meat, or meat that 

 is nearly so, will often entice dogs to eat when every 

 thing beside fails; and the most delicate dogs, who 

 have iu vain been solicited with every dainty, will 

 often eat voraciously of horse flesh. Broiled or 

 roasted meat is always taken in preference to boiled, 

 and is more nutritive. Game bones \\ill often be 

 taken even by sporting do;;s, when every thing beside 

 is refused. But in all cases of sickness, when a do^ 

 obstiuateW refuses to eat, he must be forced ; and 

 the best food for this purpose is thick oatmeal gruel, 

 poured down by means of a butter-boat. In cases 

 requiring cordials, ale may be mixed with the gruel, 

 or even wine in some instances, as in putrid diseases ; 

 but wine must be given with caution, as it is apt to in- 

 flame the bowels. 



Cleanliness is not only essential to the health, but 

 to the comfort of dogs, and in sickness is refreshing 

 to them. 



Not only are dogs improperly treated in sickness, 

 but the means of preserving them in health are not 

 sufficiently attended to. The want of exercise is a 

 great cause of disease among dogs : by this means 

 they become mangy, get obstinate coughs, canker 

 iii tlie ears, and cancerous swellings, or they beconic 

 absolutely choaked witii fat. The not })ermittiRg 

 the females to breed is in them a fruitful source of 

 disease : — cancers along the Ime of the teats originate 



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