no THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



back part of the kennel. There is no doubt 

 that Ibme kennels are healthier than others, and 

 confequently lefs liable to it. I apprehend mine 

 to be one of thofe; for in a dozen years I do not 

 believe that I have lofi: half that number of old 

 hounds, although I lofc lb great a number of 

 whelps at their walks. Neighbouring kennels 

 have not been equally fortunate : I have ob- 

 ferved, in fome of them, a diforder unknown in 

 mine; I mean a fwelHng in the fide, whieh fome- 

 times breaks, butfoon rfter forms again, and ge- 

 nerally proves fatal at lall. I once heard a friend 

 of mine fay, whofc kennel isfubje61 to this com- 

 plaint, that he never knew but one inftance of a 

 dog who recovered from it. I have, however, 

 lince known another, in a dog I had from him, 

 which I cured by frequently rubbing with a di- 

 geftive ointment : the tumour broke, and formed 

 again fevcral times, till at lafl it entirely difap- 

 pearcd. The diforder we have now been treat- 

 ing of has this, I think, in common with the 

 putrid fore throat, that it ufually attacks the 

 weakefl. Women are more apt to catch the fore 

 throat than men ; children, than women; and 

 young hounds more readily catch this diforder 

 than old. When it feizes whelps at their walks, 

 or young hounds, when lirft taken from them, 

 it is then moft dangerous. I alfo think that mad- 

 nefs, their inflammatory fever, is lefs frequent 

 than it was before this diforder was known. 



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