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at its worst, no known remedy seems to be of much 

 avail. 



For mange, a fruitful source of trouble in kennels, 

 there is no better remedy than a mixture of lard and 

 black brimstone. Kennel lameness I have already 

 referred to. This is one of the most troublesome of 

 all hound complaints. In a large number of cases it 

 proceeds from damp or exposure and is nothing else 

 than rheumatism. But there are instances of kennel 

 lameness which, it seems, nothing can account for. 

 The kennels may be improved, the site changed, and 

 yet the disease will appear. Mr. J. S. Gibbons sends 

 me the following note on this often mysterious disease: 

 " I think I have had as much, or more, experience 

 of it than any one in England ; I am glad to say I 

 have completely got rid of it now, but the result of 

 my several years experience of it and trying every 

 sort of remedy and experiment is that I don't think 

 that either I or any one else knows anything really 

 about it at all." 



Boiled herrings daily for a fortnight, a couple to 

 each hound, are said to be an excellent remedy. 

 Spirits of nitre or salicylate of soda are often advo- 

 cated. A dry kennel with a false floor, allowing free 

 current of air, is probably the soundest of all allevia- 

 tives for this disease. 



It is the custom with the Masters of some of our 

 best harrier packs of the present day to print each 

 season a little book, setting forth the particulars of 

 the pack and a list of the hounds. This is a com- 

 mendable plan, which serves in after years as a 

 very useful record, in case, as often happens, some 

 reference back is needed. The first page will be 

 as follows — I append an example from the Aspull 

 Harriers' lists : 



