EDITOR'S PREFACE. 



IN offering to the American public a new edition 

 of DINKS and MAYHEW on the Dog, which, I am 

 happy to find, is largely called for, I have been 

 induced to make a further addition, which will, 1 

 think, render this the most perfect and comprehensive 

 work in existence for the dog fancier and dog lover. 



For myself I claim no merit, since, with the excep- 

 tion of one or two trivial changes in unimportant 

 recipes in DINKS, and some abridgment of the last 

 admirable work of Col. HUTCHINSON on Dog Breaking, 

 whieh is now included in this volume, I have found 

 occasion to make no alterations whatever, and, save 

 a few notes, no additions. 



I will add, in brief, that while I believe the little 

 manual of Dinks to be the best short and brief com- 

 pendium on the Dog, particularly as regards his 

 breeding, conditioning, kennel and field management, 

 and general specialities, there can be no possible 

 doubt that Mayhew's pages are the ne plus ultra of 

 canine pathology. There is nothing comparable to 

 his treatment of all diseases for gentleness, simplicity, 

 mercy to the animal, and effect. I have no hesita- 

 tion in saying, that a:\y person with sufficient intelli- 

 gence to make a diagnosis according to his showing 

 of the symptoms, and patience to exhibit his reme- 



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