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 ficsli, very slowly ; so that a lull meal of animal food 

 is not digested in less than twenty-four hours. Those, 

 therefore, who feed their dogs on flesh never need 

 feed them more than once a day, nor do they require it 

 ofteiier with meal, if full fed. But it must be re- 

 membered that, in a state of art, where all the 

 functions are weakened, as they are in those do^^s 

 who are confined and indulged, it is better to feed 

 twice a day. If fed once only, such dogs become 

 heavy and sleepy, and lose much of their vivacity. 

 This may here call forth a remark, that hard-worked 

 dogs should as soon as {^d be shut up to encourage 

 sleep. Digestion goes on better sleeping than wak- 

 ing ; and more nutriment is obtained in this way 

 than when an animal is suftered to run about after 

 eating. 



FEVER. 

 Simple fever seldom exists in dogs. Inflammations 

 of tlie principal organs of the body, as of the lungs, 

 intestines, kidneys, bladder, &c. are very common ; 

 but fever, as a oisease, does not occur, except it is 

 of tlie specific kind, as the fever of distcaiper and 

 the fever of raJ>ies. 



FITS. 



Fits in dogs, though not very different in appear- 

 ance from each other, arise from very diiierent 

 causes, and, therefore, require very diiierent treat- 

 ment. Tiie fits that attack apparently healthy 

 dogs of all ages are commonly arising from either 

 costiveness or worms. In countries where there are 

 ktid mines, dogs have violent fits from the effects of 



