gf) NOTITIA VENATICA. 



swells and pockets, open it below the swelling with a lancet, and ruh it 

 with the dressino- recommended above.* 



SWELLED TOES. 



Give a mild dose of salts, and foment continually ; afterwards rub 

 gently in the lotion for cuts and bruises. 



CANKER IN THE EAR. 



This generally arises from a foulness of habit, as a thrash does in 

 the foot of a horse ; dogs much exposed to the water, as otter-hounds, 

 are particularly subject to it. I have known hounds to have had this 

 complaint for years, and no material inconvenience to arise from it, ex- 

 cepting the disagreeable sight of the animal continually shaking his 

 head. To cure it, first bleed, keep him cool and low, and inject an 

 astringent wash, composed of six ounces of rain-'water, in which should 

 be mixed as much alum as it will dissolve, to which add about twenty 

 grains of Avhite vitriol ; let it be injected with a small syringe. Hounds 

 seldom are afflicted with canker on the outside of the ear, as long-eared 

 dogs are. Rounding, which is the only certain cure, prevents it. 



BREAKING OITT AND TETTERS. 



Hounds when at work will occasionally break out in little patches, 

 even under the care of the most vigilant feeder ; if the place is touched 

 Avith a little spirit of tar, it will be easily cured. Nothing looks worse 

 than to see a hound at the cover side with a patch of blue ointment on 

 his back. I must again repeat, if the insides are well attended to, and 

 hard condition promoted earlier in the summer than is too frequently 

 the case, red elbows and tetters would seldom or never be seen in the 

 hunting season. 



FOR A FISTULA FORMED IN HOUNDS' LEGS FROM A BITE OR OTHER WOUND. 



" Fistulous Avounds," says Blaine, " in glandular parts, often prove 

 very obstinate. In such cases, means must be taken to get at the bot- 

 tom of the sinus, and to raise a more healthy inflammation therein. 

 This may be done by either injecting something stimulant into it, as a 

 vitriolic wash, or by passing a seton through it. Some fistiUous wounds, 

 such as those in the feet and about the joints, will often not heal, be- 

 cause either the bones or the capsular hgaments are diseased. In these 

 cases the wound in general requires to be laid open to tlic bottom, and 



* The bite of a viper seldom or never kills a dog. " The experiments of the 

 Abbe Fontana, which were numerous, go strongly to the proof of this point. He 

 found that it required the action of twelve exasperated vipers to kill a dog of a 

 moderate size ; but that to the killing of a mouse or a frog, a single bite was suffi- 

 cient." — Paley's Nat. Theol. 



