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it is necessary to make a considerable deal 

 of love to the lap-dog also. In about ten 

 days the Queen's dog physician brings my 

 lady her dog home, as tine as a star, sleek 

 in his coat, and in tolerable good condition, 

 for he has fed it tolerably well for the last 

 four or five days. Her ladyship is charmed 

 with the looks of her dog ; he is as merry 

 as a grig; jumps, frisks,, and plays about; 

 when, before, he could hardly walk down 

 stairs to dinner. She pays him very hand- 

 somely ; he goes away contented, laughing 

 in his sleeve at her ladyship. 



I have mentioned all the fatal and bad concemms 



Mad Dogs. 



maladies to which a dog is subjected, ex- 

 cepting madness. Fortunately, no dog of 

 mine ever went mad, or was bitten by a 

 mad dog ; therefore, on that subject, I can 

 give no just opinion : but, provided I had 

 a dog, ever so valuable, bitten very deep, 

 particularly if near to the head, I would 

 destroy him. If he were bitten but slight- 

 ly, I would cut the bitten part out, and 

 burn the wound well with a hot iron ; then 

 pour some liquid caustic on the wound, and 

 rub in, two or three times every day, some. 



