116 THE SHOOTER'S CTJIBB. 



were tried to save his life in vttin j the poor animal 

 expired apparently in the greatest agony. It is true, 

 some short time had elapsed before it was discovered 

 that the dog had taken poison. In the summer of 

 the following year, a yard-dog belonging to a neigh- 

 bour was served in the same manner, and every effort 

 for his preservation proved abortive. I am there fore 

 of opinion, that unless they get rid of the poison 

 almost the minute it is taken, they will inevitably 

 perish. If the poison has been given whole, that is, 

 in a button, as it is called, wrapped in a piece of 

 meat or other thing which the dog swallows, he may 

 get i id of it by vomiting, if taken in time \ but if 

 the nox-vomlca has been grated or powdered, 1 

 think there are no means of saving his life, if five 

 minutes have elapsed. 



Balls to be given a few Weeks before the Shooting 

 Season. 



One pound of antimony, four ounces of sulphur, 

 and a sufficient quantity of syrup of buckthorn to 

 give it a proper consistence ; divide into balls, each 

 weighing seven drachms, and give one every second 

 or third day. 



N. B. In the foregoing receipts, I have supposed 

 a middle-sized dog; larger or smaller must be varied 

 accordingly. 



