ii^ THOtJGHTS UPON HUNTING. 



rennet, externally applied, is a more efficacious remedy tharf 

 oil, for the bite of a viper. — They are also liable to wounds 

 and cuts : Friar's balsam is very good, if applied immediately y 

 yet, as it is apt to shut up a bad wound too soon, the follow- 

 ing tindure, in such cases, may perhaps be preferable, at 

 least after the first dressing or two : 



Of Barbadoes aloes, two ounces ; 

 Of myrrh, pounded, three ounces ; 

 Mixed up with a quart of brandy. 



The bottle should be well corked,^ and put into a bark- 

 bed, or dunghill, for about ten days or a fortnight. — 

 The tongue of the dog, in most cases, is his best surgeon; 

 where he can apply that, he will seldom need any other re- 

 medy. A green, or seton, in the neck, is of great relief 

 in most disorders of the eyes ; and I have frequently 

 known dogs, almost blind, recovered by it : it is also of 

 service when dogs are shaken in the shoulders, and has 

 made many sound*. In the latter case, there should bc^ 



* Turning a hound out of the kennel will sometimes cure a lameness iri 

 the shoulders. An attentive huntsman will perceive, from the manner of 

 a hound's galloping, when this lameness takes place; and the hound should 

 be turned out inamediately. Care should be taken, that a hound turned- 

 cut do not become fatr 



