442 DOGS: THEIR MANAGEMENT. 



ounce of water, with one or two drops of the essence of 

 lemons. Having thoroughly washed the foot with the 

 lotion, I soak some rags in it, which I wrap around the 

 injured member, fixing over all a leather or gutta-percha 

 boot ; and when thus treated, and the animal is subse- 

 quently brought into work with caution, a few days I 

 find generally settles the business. 



DOG-CARTS. This appears to be the place to meet, or 

 rather answer, the remarks which have appeared in 

 Youatt's work on this subject. He argues, because the 

 dog is a beast of draught in northern climes, it can be 

 without violence, and indeed was intended by Providence 

 to be used as such in temperate countries. Thus, if this 

 argument be of any value, that which the dog can endure 

 in a temperate climate, it can likewise without injury 

 undergo in a torrid zone. The argument, if of worth, 

 admits of this extension ; for, if the subject of it is to be 

 moved at all, it is not for the reasoner to arrogate the 

 power of saying at what point it shall stop. However, 

 granting him to possess this right, he will thereby gain 

 nothing by it. In the northern climes, where the dog is 

 employed as a beast of draught, it is so used only for the 

 winter season ; during which time the face of the land- 

 scape is covered by one sheet of snow. Is the poor dog 

 in a cart, as seen in this country, only so employed 1 Is 

 he not rather obliged to drag his heavy load, to which 

 the master's weight is often appended, along dusty roads 

 instead of snowy paths, and at the top of his speed, 

 rather than at a pace which the poor creature can main- 



