THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. II7 



LETTER VIIL 



YOU desire to kaow if there be any remedy for the 

 distemper among dogs : I shall therefore mention all the 

 disorders that my hounds have experienced, and point 

 out the remedies which have been of service to them. The 

 distemper that you inquire about, is, I believe, the most 

 fatal (the plague only excepted) that any animal is sub- 

 ie(5l to : thou2;h not ions; known in this country, it is almost 



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inconceivable what numbers have been destroyed by it in 

 so short a period ; several hundreds I can myself place to 

 this mortifying account. It seems happily to be now on 

 the decline; at least, is less frequent, and more mild; and 

 probably. In time, may be entirely removed. The efFeds 

 of it are too generally known, to need any description of 

 them here — 1 wish the remedies were known as well I 



A BROTHER sportsman communicated to me a remedj% 

 from which, he said, his hounds had found great benefit, 



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