THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. HI 



There are few diforders which dogs are fo fub- 

 je6t to as the mange. Air and exercife, whol- 

 fome food, and cleanlinefs, are the beft prefer- 

 vatives againfl it. Your feeder fliould be parti- 

 cularly attentive to it, and when he perceives any 

 fpot upon them, let him rub it with the follow- 

 ing mirtture : 



A pint of train oil, 



Half a pint of oil of turpentine, 



A quarter of a pound of ginger, in powder, 



Half an ounce of gunpowder, finely powdered, 



Mixed up cold. 



If the diforder fliould be bad enough to reiifl: 

 that, three mild purging balls, one every other 

 day, fhould be given, and the dog laid up for a 

 little while afterwards. For the red mange, yoil 

 may ufe the following: 



Four ounces of quickfilver, 



Tvto ounces of Venice turpentine, 



One pound of hog's lard. 



The quicktilver and turpentine are to be rubbed 

 together, till the globules all difappear. When 

 you apply it, you mufl rub an ounce, once a 

 day, upon the part affedled, for three days fuc- 

 ceffively. This is tO be ufed when the hair 

 comes olF, or any rednefs appears. 



How wonderful is the fatigue which a fox- 

 hound undergoes! Could you count the miles 



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