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should not be allowed to drink at pools, or, indeed, anywhere out 

 of doors when it can be avoided. A muzzle will not prevent the 

 dog from lapping water if he is very thirsty, otherwise a light wire 

 one might be always worn, and no doubt its use is advantageous, 

 both in tending to prevent to some extent the lapping of water, 

 and also in effectually keeping the dog from getting at garbage. 



My advice, therefore, to all coursers would be to take every 

 precaution against the development of worms : 1st, by boiling, 

 frying, or baking every article of food, and by taking care that 

 the kennel-man does not use the same vessel for storing it after it 

 is cooked as he had previously employed ; 2nd, to boil every drop 

 of water used in kennel ; and, 3rd, to make the dog habitually 

 wear a light wire muzzle when at exercise. The importance of 

 superseding worm medicines can hardly be overrated, and if by 

 these precautions the invasion of worms can be entirely prevented, 

 the little extra trouble incurred by them will be amply repaid. 



SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. 



When the dog looks ragged and ' unkind ' in his coat, being 

 lower in flesh than he ought to be in proportion to the food he 

 takes, and when he is constantly passing small quantities of faeces 

 at exercise, the presence of worms may be suspected. Still it 

 should be known that frequently large numbers of the maw-worm, 



