THE COMMON MANGE. 87 



or at least in a short period. If you suffer him to sleep after -a 

 hearty meal, the digestion is rapid and healthy. Give a dog a 

 good supper on the evening prior to hunting, and the next 

 morning, he will require little or nothing. I generally give my 

 dogs a crust of bread in the morning when going out, which, 

 however, they will not always stop to eat, so great is their anxiety 

 for the expected diversion. Little food and that of a light nature 

 will be found to answer best upon violent exercise hence a man 

 walks or labours much better after a breakfast, composed prin- 

 cipally of tea or coffee, than after a heavy dinner. Cows, horses, 

 and animals in general retire to rest after filling their bellies ; a 

 full stomach, I have no doubt, is the best to sleep upon ; and I 

 therefore differ very widely with those physicians who represent 

 a good supper as injurious to repose. 



THE COMMON MANGE, 



This disorder is very infectious, and originally proceeds from 

 dirty beds, bad food, and filth in general. It has a loathsome, 

 scabby, dirty appearance, somewhat similar to the itch in human 

 beings ; and, like that disease, contains animalcula in [each of 

 the pustules. It may be cured with the following : 



Oil of tar 



sulphur vivurn 



train oil, of each an equal quantity, 



with which the dog should be well rubbed several times, a day or 



H 2 



