86 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



an ounce of quicksilver is put into a bottle, with half an 

 ounce of oil of turpentine, for about eight hours before 

 using it : shake the bottle frequently, and shake it always 

 when you use it, for there will be a sediment at the bot- 

 tom. The ointment is thus made : — Take half an ounce 

 of quicksilver ; put it into a bottle with half an ounce of 

 oil of turpentine ; let it stand for eight hours, shaking 

 the bottle frequently ; then take four ounces of hog's 

 lard, and by degrees, mix both together, a little of each 

 at a time, till the whole be incorporated. — He told me 

 that he always carried two pots of ointment with him, 

 one stronger than the other, in case of a dog being vei-y 

 bad with the mange. The strongest ointment was made 

 with ofili/ three ounces of hog's lard, but with the same 

 quantity of the quicksilver and turpentine." 

 The following is an effectual cure : 



Train oil, one ounce 

 black sulphur, one ounce 

 liquid blister, half an ounce 



to be rubbed on the dog every other day. 



For the Bite of the Adder, 8^c. — The adder is not un- 

 common in some parts of England, and is occasionally 

 met with, in the heat of summer, among sedges, and in 

 marshy places. It differs from the snake in not being so 

 long, the latter being found from three-quarters to a yard 

 long ; the former seldom, or never, reaching three- 

 quarters of a yard ; there is an appearance of malignity 

 in the countenance of the adder, which does not obtain in 

 that of the snake, the head of which is not so blunt as that 

 of the adder ; while the tail of the latter tapers more 

 abruptly, and it is generally found of a more dusky colour. 



