18 OBSERVATIONS ON FOX-HUNTING 



then Ave may depend upon their tongues as upon 

 those of a Solon or an Eldon. 



Perhaps one of the greatest miseries attendant 

 upon keeping Fox-hounds is the Distemper ! Can 

 any thing be more heart-rending to a master of 

 hounds, than to have a clever entry taken off a 

 short time before hunting ? And, what is very 

 extraordinary, no specific remedy for it, to my 

 knowledge, has hitherto been found out. Calomel 

 and emetics will sometimes do good ; and garlic 

 has been recommended, when this dreadful malady 

 first begins to take the animal off his feed ; the 

 French apply a blister to his forehead, which 

 they say is a sure cure ; if so, the distemper is 

 less violent on the Continent ; but Frenchmen, 

 if you believe them, have a cure for every disease 

 in man, horse, or dog. 



The following receipt I have sometimes found 

 efficacious for the Distemper : 



Calomel 3 grains. 



Cathartic Ext 7 ditto. 



Soap 7 ditto. 



Emetic Tart \ grain. 



Make the above ingredients into three pills, and 

 one should be given every other day. 



I have heard some medical men give it as their 



