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the pot, and put therein a good store of oat- 

 meal, and such herbs as pottage is usually 

 made of, boil these till the flesh is very ten- 

 der ; then with the meal and broth feed your 

 dogs morning and evening, and it will recover 

 them. If you design your greyhound for a 

 wager, give him this^diet bread : take half a 

 peck of the finest and driest oatmeal, and a 

 peck of good wheat, having them ground 

 together, bolt the meal, and scattering an in- 

 different quantity of liquorice and anniseeds 

 well beaten together ; knead it up with the 

 whites of eggs, new ale, and barm, mixed 

 together, and bake it in small loaves, indiffe- 

 rently hard ; then soak it in beef, or any of 

 the aforesaid broths, and half an hour after 

 sunrising, and half an hour before its setting, 

 having first walked and aired your grey- 

 hound, give it him to eat This will not 

 only increase his strength, but enlarge his 

 wind. 



Having thus spoken of a greyhound's feed- 

 ing, either for keeping hinx in health, or re- 





