SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, Scc. 75 



herb-shop, Covent-Garden. I gave my 



dog TWO LARGISH TEA-SPOONS FULL, HEAPED 



UP; first boiling half a pint of milk, letting 

 it cool, and putting the powdered leaves 

 into it : the dog will take it well ; but he 

 will not take it in grease, for the leaves 

 have a very strong taste, and smell. By 

 the bye, I caution all sportsmen never to Never give 



•^ ^ milk which has 



give dogs milk, which has not been boiled, ed^toTo-^.'^" 

 for it will purge them as much as a dose of 

 physic. I gave my dog, eight days fol- 

 lowing, one dose ; after which, for above two 

 months, he never voided one single worm. 



There is a peculiar excellence in these 

 leaves ; they never, in the least, purged my 

 dog : his body was in the same state, as if 

 I never had given him any thing. This is 

 a vast benefit ; for, as it does not purge the 

 dog, it may be given him even when he 

 hunts. I am told by medical men, who 

 have studied botany, that walnut leaves are 

 a positive poison to worms, btit by no 

 means detrimental to man or beast. 



You may observe, in the autumn, when 

 the caterpillars and grubs eat the leaves of 

 trees, and destroy the garden-stuff, you will 



