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also fall off if they are touched with this same pre- 

 paration ; for they ought not to be plucked off by 

 hand, lest, as we have remarked also before, they cause 

 sores. A dog which is infested with fleas should be 

 treated either with crushed cumin mixed in water 

 with the same quantity of hellebore and smeared on, 

 or else with the juice of the snake-like cucumber, or 

 if these are unobtainable, with stale oil-lees poured 

 over the whole body. If a dog is attacked by the 

 scab, gypsum and sesame should be ground together 

 in equal quantities and mixed with liquid pitch and 

 smeared on the part affected ; this remedy is reported 

 to be suitable also for human beings. If this plague 

 has become rather violent, it is got rid of by the 

 juice of the cedar-tree. The other diseases of dogs 

 will have to be treated according to the instructions 

 which we have given for the other animals. 



So much for the lesser domestic animals. In the 

 next book we will give instructions about the keeping 

 of live stock at the farm-house, which includes the 

 care of fowls, fish and four-footed wild creatures. 



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