THE DOG. 1 I/ 



To dry up a Bitch's Milk. 



Warm vinegar; or, warm vinegar and brandy ; 

 with which bathe the teats well several times. 



Spaying Bitches. 



If you would spay your bitch, it should be done 

 before she has ever had a litter of whelps ; and in 

 performing the operation, the roots and strings of the 

 veins should not be taken entirely away ; as, if you 

 do, it will injure her reins, and make her slow in 

 running ever after. A bitch must never be spayed 

 while she is proud, as her life would be in great dan- 

 ger. For my own part, 1 would recommend neither 

 spaying nor gelding, as these animals, thus reduced 

 to the neuter gender, soon become extremely fat, and 

 good for nothing. 



LAWS RELATING TO DOGS. 



1 WILL venture to assert, that the shooting sportsman 

 would much sooner lose a horse than a favourite dog) 

 and in his estimation the crime of stealing the latter 

 would be much greater ; but the framers of the dog- 

 laws thought otherwise, and thought justly it is not 

 death to steal a dog, which is the case with horse- 

 stealing, Notwithstanding, these animals are legally 

 protected, and to a greater extent than many ima- 

 gine. 



