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the shy find delicate may generally be coaxed into 

 eating a sufficiency for the purpose. Occasionally 

 old hounds are met with of so cunning and suspicious 

 a nature, thart nothing can induce them to eat that 

 meat in which physic may have been mixed. I have 

 known instances of them going without food for two 

 days, rather than be thus cheated. In such cases, the 

 best plan is to give it to them in the shape of balls, 

 taking care to tie their heads up to a staple for half 

 an hour afterwards, to prevent their throwing them off. 

 If the weather is warm, they may be coupled up in 

 the drawing court ; if it is in winter, let them be tied 

 up against the wall in the boiling house. 



Amongst the many minerals, drugs, and other me- 

 dicines used amongst dogs, sulphur is the principal ; 

 and if it were ten times its price, I have no doubt it 

 would be held in far higher esteem than it is, not 

 only by canine practitioners, but also by those gentle- 

 men who exercise their talents amongst the lords of 

 the creation. Dr. Henry, in his Elements of 

 Chemistry, tells us that the best sulphur comes from 

 Sicily, and that which is procured in our own island 

 is of an inferior quality, and contains a portion of the 

 metal from combination with which it has been sepa- 

 rated. I am convinced that it is the best and most 

 efficacious physic, when followed by mild doses of 

 salts, that has ever been recommended for hounds. 

 Some persons prefer syrup of buckthorn and jallap, 

 but as they cannot influence nor act upon the blood- 

 vessels and secretions as sulphur does, nor affect the 

 liver in any way, I am at a loss to discover why 

 they are preferable. In cases of extreme foulness, 



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