THOUGHTS UPON HUNTING. 7-)') 



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" Mr. Cox procured an old mongrel cur, all over 



" mangy, of a middle size j and having some hours be- 



" fore fed him plentifully with cheese-parings and milk, 



" he prepared his jugular vein; then he made a strong 



" ligature on his neck, that the venal blood might be 



" emitted with the greater impetus j after this, he took 



*^ a young land spaniel, about the same bigness, and pre- 



" pared his jugular vein likewise, that the descendant 



" part might receive the n angy dog's blood, and the 



" ascendant discharge his own into a dish : he transfused 



" about fourteen or sixteen ounces of the blood of the 



'* infe5led into the veins of the sound dog. By this experi- 



" ment there appeared no alteration in the sound one ; 



" but the mangy dog was, in about ten days or a fort- 



" night's time, perfectly cured j and possibly this is the 



'* quickest and surest remedy for that disease, either in 



*' man or beast." 



Hounds sometimes are bitten by vipers. Sweet-oil has 

 been long deemed a certain antidote: some should be 

 applied to the part, and some taken inwardly ; though a 

 friend of mine informs me, that the common cheese- 



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