SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. J9 



Sulphur 1 oz. ; lime 2 ozs. ; water 1 \ pint. 

 Boil for an hour, till reduced to a pint ; pour off 

 clear. To be applied with a sponge twice a 

 day. 



When the skin is very irritable, we have used also 

 glycerine, which has a very soothing effect. Both 

 these applications, after being rubbed in by hand 

 for two days following, require washing off the 

 third day with warm water and soft soap, and the 

 skin of the hound well dried with a clean cloth. 

 As a general dressing for the pack, these remedies 

 are too expensive, but in individual cases, and 

 particularly for those in whelp, they are both safe 

 and efficacious. Mercurial compounds never ought 

 to be employed as a dressing at any time, except 

 only in very obstinate red mange. 



To ensure healthy whelps, the mothers must, of 

 course, be in a healthy state, and upon that depends, 

 more than many are apt to imagine, the well-being 

 of the offspring. Scurry, pot-bellied puppies afford 

 unmistakable evidence of great neglect in this 

 respect. When anxious to preserve the whole 

 litter of a favourite dam, and you have a foster- 

 mother ready to receive some of them, the precau- 

 tion should be taken of gently rubbing the puppies 

 taken away from the former with those of the latter, 

 holding one in each hand face to face, and stomach, 

 to stomach, by which process the smell of the one 

 will be imparted to the other. Young mothers are 

 generally captious and snappish, and it is better to 

 lure them from their box or den whilst this ex- 

 change is being made ; the feeder should hold and 



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