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of clean ftraw, and are fed oftener and better 

 than at other times ; as long as they continue to 

 eat the kennel meat, they are kept together; as 

 loon as any of them refufe to feed, they are re- 

 moved into another kennel, the door of the 

 lodging-room is left open in the day, and they 

 are only Ihut up at night : being out in the air is 

 of great fervice to them. To fuch as are very 

 bad, I give Norris's drops ; to others, emetics; 

 whilft fome only require to be better fed than or- 

 dinary, and need no other remedy.* They 

 ihould be fed from the kitchen, when they re- 

 fufe the kennel meat. Sometimes they will lofe 

 the ufe of their hinder parts ; bleeding tliera, by 

 cutting of the lail joint of the tail, may, per- 

 haps, be of fervice to them. I cannot fpeak of 

 it with any certainty, yet I have reafon to think 

 that I once faved a favourite dog by this opera- 

 tion. In fhort, by one method or another, I 

 think they may always be recovered. 



The likelleft prefervative for thofe that are 

 well is keeping them warm at night, and feeding 

 them high. This diforder being probably infec- 

 tious, it is better to provide an hofpital for fuch 

 as are feiz,ed with it, which fhould be in the 



* Hounds that have the dulemper upon them have but lit- 

 tle appetite. By feeding two or three together, they eat more 

 greedily. 



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