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was very much employed in the recruiting 

 service, and could not give up much time to 

 my dogs; so I sent for an old man, who 

 made a good livelihood by curing dogs. 

 My dog had the mange ; not very bad, but 

 something much worse with it; he had eight 

 or ten large blotches on his body, as big as 

 large hazle-nuts. The old man took a 

 bottle out of his pocket, and first dabbed 

 the blotches with a bit of tow, each two or 

 three times. He then stopped about five 

 minutes, for that to dry in and penetrate ; 

 after which he took a pot of ointment, and 

 rubbed the dog in well, for at least ten mi- 

 nutes, under the fore legs, and on the belly, 

 but particularly on the back bone. He then 

 desired me not to wash the dog, or let him 

 go into the water; tellings me, that he 

 would call in about five daj^s. When he 

 called, the dog was apparently well ; so 

 much so, that he said he did not think it 

 necessary to rub the dog again: however, I 

 made him dab the blotches again, and rub 

 once more in. — When he called to be paid, 

 I told him that, upon my honour, if he 

 >fould discover how the h(|ui(i and oint- 



