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broth, the dog (after twenty-four hours' starvation, which is essen- 

 tial to the cure) will readily swallow it without forcing him. This 

 should be given him at night, so that it may gradually pass through 

 the bowels, and thus allow time for the worms to be submitted to 

 the action of the remedy, which is a poison to them. The next 

 morning a dose of castor oil should be given, and in a few days 

 the dose of Indian pink should be repeated, and, to make assurance 

 doubly sure, a third time, with a similar interval. If the worms 

 are very numerous and strong, the infusion should be given a,s a 

 drench, without broth ; but though I have given Indian pink in a 

 great many cases with perfect impunity, yet I have known it 

 produce severe inflammation of the bowels, and in one instance 

 prove fatal. Coursers should therefore be aware that they run 

 some risk in using it. Many give a small tea-spoonful of pounded 

 glass mixed up with butter or cocoa-nut oil, but I have found it 

 fail so often that I place no dependence upon it. The stinking 

 hellebore I have also tried in half-drachm doses of the dried 

 powder, and prefer it to the powdered glass, but both are I think 

 inferior to the Indian pink ; the only advantage of the glass is 

 that it may be given even during training, without much injury 

 to the dog ; but as I know of no harm which a little delay would 

 occasion, I should prefer waiting till a week could be spared for 

 the exhibition of the Indian pink. Worm seed (Santonicum) is 

 a very efficacious remedy for round worms, and does not disorder 

 the stomach so much as Indian pink. It should be given as a 

 pill, made up with a few grains of the Compound Khubarb Pill, 

 and the dose should be one grain of the powdered seed for every 



