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wash composed of six ounces of rain water, in which 

 should be mixed as much alum as it will dissolve, to 

 which add about twenty grains of white vitriol ; let it 

 be injected with a small syringe. Hounds seldom are 

 afflicted with canker on the outside of the ear, as long- 

 eared dogs are. Rounding, which is the only certain 

 cure, prevents it. 



BREAKING OUT AND TETTERS. 



Hounds when at work will occasionally break out in 

 little patches, even under the care of the most vigilant 

 feeder ; if the place is touched with a little spirit 

 of tar, it will be easily cured. Nothing looks worse 

 than to see a hound at the cover side with a patch of 

 blue ointment on his back. I must again repeat, if 

 the insides are well attended to, and hard condition 

 promoted earlier in the summer than is too frequently 

 the case, red elbows and tetters would seldom or never 

 be seen in the hunting season. 



FOR A FISTULA FORMED IN HOUNDs' LEGS FROM A BITE 

 OR OTHER WOUND. 



" Fistulous wounds," says Blaine, " in glandular 

 parts, often prove very obstinate. In such cases, 

 means must be taken to get at the bottom of the sinus, 

 and to raise a more healthy inflammation therein. 

 This may be done either by injecting something 

 stimulant into it, as a vitriolic wash, or by passing a 

 seton through it. Some fistulous wounds, such as 

 those in the feet and about the joints, will often not 

 heal ; because either the bones or the capsular liga- 

 ments are diseased. In these cases the wound in 



