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 mail in Kent, affected with fits whenever he hunted, 

 I recommended a removal into a country more plen- 

 tifully supplied with game than his neighbourhood : 

 the consequence of which was, that though for a few 

 days after his removal he had more frequent fits 

 than ever, yet they gradually lessened, and at length 

 wholly left him. Some dogs, however, who exer- 

 cise much, have fits merely from the repletion of tiie 

 vessels of the head : in this case, bleeding, and a 

 seton worn some time in the neck, prove useful ; and 

 whenever fits have been habitual, a seton should be 

 applied. Fear in irritable dogs produces fits ; and 

 it was but the day preceding the writing of this ar- 

 ticle, that I saw a Newfoundland puppy, from being 

 jiioved to a new situation among other dogs, imme- 

 diately fall into a fit from fear, from which he never 

 recovered, though before only slightly indisposed. 

 Teething in puppies will sometimes produce fits ; 

 but those sportsmen who are aware of this, frequently 

 fall into an extreme, and consider all the fits of 

 puppies as originating from this cause, when by far 

 the greater number of these cases are the eflect of 

 worms. 



The fits that are the consequence of distemper 

 may be usually discovered by the other attendant 

 symptoms : sometimes, however, fits are the first 

 symptom, in which case the dog may recover ; but 

 w hen iits come on some time after distemper has made 

 its appearance, the animal seldom recovers. The fits 

 accompanying distemper are more frequent in winter 

 than in summer, which shews that v/armth is one of 

 the best preventives against these fits. The most fre- 

 quent kind of fit that accompanies distemper is a quick 



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