374 AN ENGLISH GAMEKEEPER. 



having gone the round of some of the professed 

 dog doctors of the day, and I have always 

 returned such dogs to their owners, cured. I 

 can cure all kinds of mange in dogs : red 

 mange, common mange, and eczema.* I charge 

 two shillings a week for keep, and ten shillings 

 for the cure ; the owner paying all travelling 

 expenses. I have had four pounds for curing 

 a deerhound ; three pounds to cure a fox 

 terrier of distemper ; two pounds to cure a 

 Scotch colle}', and ten shillings to cure a dog 

 of internal canker. This last case was a very 

 bad one, the discharge from the ears being 

 most copious, and the smell most awful ; in 

 fact the dog was so diseased that he almost 

 had to be killed as a hopeless case. I cured him 

 however, and the dog has never had it since. 

 If anyone doubts my statements, I can refer 

 them to several ladies and gentlemen who will 

 corroborate me. I can also cure external 

 canker, outside the ear. I have, now, many 

 dogs under treatment for worms of all kinds. 



*Since this was written, Wilkins has ceased keeping a dog 

 hospital. — Editors. 



