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INDEX. 



Chest-founder, nature, causes, arid treat- 

 ment of, 124 



Chloride of lime, uses of, 259 



Chorea, nature of, 120 ; causes, 121 ; treat- 

 ment, 121; cases, 122; in distemper, 

 240, 242 



Chryseus scylex, or dhole, description of 

 the, 16 



Claret, a celebrated greyhound, 32 



Classification, zoological, 11 



Climate, effect of, 11 



Clysters, uses of, 258. 



Coach-dog, description of the, 26 



Cocker, description of the, 44 



Colic, causes, symptoms, and treatment of, 

 202 



Colon, the, 197 ; rupture of the, 200 



Colour of the greyhound, 34; of the 

 pointer, 93 



Constipation, causes and treatment of, 204, 

 205 



Copper, preparations of, and their uses, 

 258 



Coryza, the early stage of distemper, 236 



Costiveness, causes and treatment of, 204, 

 205 ; means of preventing, 205 



Cough, spasmodic, nature and treatment 

 of, 190 



Coursing, Ovid's description of, 27 ; anec- 

 dotes of, 31, 32; laws of, 260; general 

 rules for the guidance of judges, 261 ; 

 local rules, 262 



Creosote, a dangerous medicine, 258 ; use- 

 ful in canker, 163 



Creta, an astringent, 259 



Cropping of the ears, 112; deafness fre- 

 quently caused by, 112 ; disapproved of, 

 165 ; proper method of, 166 



Cross-breeding, effect of, 11 



Cuba, mastiff of, 100 



Cur, description of the, 67 



Cyprus, greyhounds of, described, 37 



Cynosurus cristatus, an useful emetic, 

 195 



Czarina, a celebrated greyhound, 32 



DAKHUN wild dog, description of the, 16 

 Dalmatian dog, description of the, 26 

 Danish sacrifices of dogs, description of, 



24 ; dog, description of the, 26 

 Deab, description of the, 22 

 Deafness frequently caused by cropping, 



112 



Deer-hound, description of the, 38 

 Delafond, Professor, his table of the diag- 

 nostic symptoms of pleurisy and pneu- 

 monia, 192 



Dentition, formula of, 177 

 Dew-claws, 112; their removal unneces- 

 sary, 112 



Dhole, description of the, 16 

 Diaphragm, description of the, 185 

 Diarrhoea, causes, nature, and treatment 

 of, 204 ; habitual, 204 



Dick, Professor, on rabies, 145; on the 

 use of the ergot of rye, 228 



Digestion, the process of, 194, 196 



Digitalis, the uses of, 259 



Digitigrade, an order of animals, 1 1 



Dingo, description of the, 19 



Distemper, origin of the name, 231 ; is a 

 new disease, 231 ; causes of, 231 ; is 

 contagious, 231 ; is epidemic, 232 ; 

 effects on different breeds, 232 ; symp- 

 toms, 232 ; nature of, 234, 236 ; dura- 

 tion, 235 ; post-mortem appearances, 

 235 ; treatment, 237 ; a cause of epi- 

 lepsy, 119; sometimes terminates in 

 palsy, 242 



Dog, early history of the, 1 ; used as a 

 beast of draught, 2; for food, 2, 23; 

 uses of the skin of the, 2 ; origin of, 3, 

 1 1 ; mention of, in the Old and New 

 Testaments, 4, 5 ; anecdotes of the saga- 

 city and fidelity of, 8 ; changes produced 

 in, by breeding and climate, 1 1 ; zoolo- 

 gical description of, 11; natural divi- 

 sions of, 11; sacrificed by the Greeks 

 and Romans, 23 ; by the Danes and 

 Swedes, 24; African wild, 22; Alba- 

 nian, 26 ; Alicant, 104 ; Alpine spaniel, 

 51 ; American wild, 22 ; Andalusian, 

 104; Artois, 104; Australasian, 19; 

 Barbary, 104 ; barbet, 49 ; beagle, 68 ; 

 black and tan spaniel, 45 ; Blenheim 

 spaniel, 45 ; blood-hound, 89 ; British, 

 7; bull, 98; bull terrier, 99; coach, 

 26; cocker, 44; cur, 67; Dakhun, 16; 

 Dalmatian, 26; Danish, 26; drover's, 

 65 ; Egyptian, 104 ; Esquimaux, 55 ; fox- 

 hound, 72 ; French matin, 27 ; French 

 pointer, 93 ; gasehound, 39 ; Grecian, 6 ; 

 Grecian greyhound, 40 ; greyhound, 27 ; 

 Hare Indian, 25 ; harrier, 70 ; Highland 

 greyhound, 38 ; Hyrcanian, 7 ; Iceland, 

 101 ; Irish greyhound, 39 ; Italian grey- 

 hound, 42 ; Italian wolf, 66 ; Javanese, 

 19; King Charles's spaniel, 44; Lap- 

 land, 59 ; lion, 50 ; Locrian, 7 ; lurcher, 

 68; Mahratta, 16; Maltese, 50; mastiff, 

 99; Molossian, 7; Nepal, 15; New- 

 foundland, 52 ; New Zealand, 21 ; otter, 

 97; Pannonian, 7; pariah, 18; Persian 

 greyhound, 41 ; pointer, 92 ; Polugar. 

 16 ; poodle, 48 ; Portuguese pointer, 93 ; 

 Russian greyhound, 40 ; Russian pointer, 

 94 ; Scotch greyhound, 38 ; Scotch ter- 

 rier, 103 ; setter, 90 ; sheep, 59 ; shock, 

 104 ; southern hound, 88 ; spaniel, 43 ; 

 Spanish pointer, 93 ; springer, 45 ; stag- 

 hound, 86 ; Sumatran wild, 19 ; terrier, 

 101 ; Thibet, 17 ; Turkish, 50; Turkish 

 greyhound, 41 ; Turnspit, 97 ; water- 

 spaniel, 45; wild, 13; wolf, 40 



Dog-carts, prohibition of, disapproved, 2 ; 

 should be licensed, 111 



Dog-pits, 1 14 



Dog-stealing, 114 



