342 ELECTION OF DOGS, ETC. 



happens when some beasts of venery do 

 bay, take the juice of red cole worts, and 

 nothing else, and pour it into the wounds, 

 and it will effect the cure. 



OF THE ELECTION OF DOGS AND 

 BITCHES FOR GOOD WHELPS. 



Your bitch must be of a good kind, strong, 

 and well proportioned in all parts, having 

 her ribs and flanks great and large ; let the 

 dog that lines her be of a good fair breed, 

 and young, if you intend to have light and 

 hot dogs ; for if the dog be old, the whelps 

 will participate of his dull and heavy nature. 

 If your bitch grows not naturally proud so 

 .soon as you would wish, you may make her 

 so by taking two heads of garlic, half a cas- 

 tor's stone, the juice of cresses, and about 

 twelve Spanish flies, or cantharides, boil them 

 together in a pipkin which holds a pint, with 

 some mutton, and make broth thereof, and 

 give it to the bitch twice or thrice. The 

 same being given to the dog, will make him 



