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vents the pup being reached by instruments. The horns, 

 in consequence of their greater length, become bent, or 

 folded upon themselves ; so that an instrument which 

 should drag the pups to light, where more than two or 

 three are present, should be made to pass forward in the 

 first instance, and then be constructed to take a back- 

 ward direction. Those who invented these instruments to 



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deliver bitches with, would seem to have been ignorant 

 of this necessity ; and I here mention it to prove how 

 perfectly inadequate such things are for the purpose 

 intended. 



Before any instrument is employed, the pup should be 

 within the vagina. This is a rule that can hardly be 

 with impunity violated by the generality of practitioners. 

 Simple and brief as may be the direction, it is one that 

 only on rare occasions may be safely disregarded ; and 

 of the exceptional case, mention will be made hereafter. 



