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die with that I prefer to advise any of my readers, who 

 may have a patient suffering in that way, to call in the 

 best advice they can procure, than to give them any 

 directions. 



Wounds, whether incised or contused, are rather 

 awkward for a novice to deal with, and if he does so, 

 he had better muzzle the patient, both to prevent be- 

 ing bitten and to keep the bandage, plaster or poultice 

 from being torn off ; of course in the former case, the 

 affected part must be gently washed with cold water, 

 and the blood staunched with lint or otherwise, and if 

 possible tightly bandaged, and closing the edges of the 

 wound keep them together with sticking plaster, bind- 

 ing all round with lint. 



In contused wounds apply and frequently change a 

 bread poultice, large enough to take in all the injured 

 parts and keep the patient as quiet as possible, and 

 maintain his strength with light nourishing diet, of a 

 more hearty character. 



This is not a "Kennel Guide" (although I hope 

 it may teach some of my readers something they 

 did not know in a rough and ready way) and 

 there are, in almost every district in the kingdom, 

 as I know from actual experience, having met 

 scores of them in the course of my doggy trav- 

 els, highly qualified gentlemen, practising as vet- 

 erinary surgeons, who have made a lifelong study ot 

 the diseases, and calamities, to which dogs, as well as 

 their owners, are liable. 



I think I have now said a little about all the many 

 breeds suitable, or likely to be kept as companions or 



