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For sore Feet, stripping in the Feet, or extracting 

 Thorns. 



Stale urine, or salt and water, are frequently used ; 

 but styptic tincture is preferable in every respect, as 

 it will extract thorns, and enable the dog to hunt 

 next morning. Alum water is a good thing to wash 

 a dog's feet with, on account of its hardening them. 



To bring Hair upon a scalded Part. 

 Calcine a piece of leather, and mix it with hogV 

 lard, with which rub the affected parts. Other re- 

 ceipts might be given, but this is much the best, as 

 well as the most simple, and nothing better can be 

 used to make hair grow in general. 



To make a Dog fine in his Coat. 



Brush him well with chalk, and give him two 

 large table-spoonfuls of syrup of buckthorn, twice a 

 week, for a fortnight. 



, ANOTHER FOR THE SAME. One pound of native 

 sulphur, one quart of train oil, one pint of oil of 

 turpentine, and two pounds of soft soap Rub well 

 with this four or five times in the course of the 

 summer. 



To destroy Fleas, Ticks, or Lice. 

 Sweet oil ; or, four ounces of shag tobacco steeped 

 in three quarts of water, and well rubbed in before a 



