184 TREATMENT OF RED MANGE. 



north and east winds ; and when the weather is 

 cold or frosty, they should be kept warm during 

 the night, and not let out too early in the morn- 

 ing. 



To destroy the little white lice with which 

 whelps are generally tormented, a simple dressing 

 of linseed-oil and sulphur will be sufficient, which 

 may be repeated, if necessary, without any injurious 

 effects to the mother or her offspring ; but tobacco 

 water, and other such noxious remedies, should 

 never be used for the purpose. 



Many inquiries have been made as to the treat- 

 ment of what is considered a new kind of mange, 

 but in my opinion nothing more or less than the 

 red mangCy which is so difficult to cure. This 

 disorder is very distinct from the common erup- 

 tion so frequent in dogs, and of a most inflamma- 

 tory character, although not contagious, unless 

 dogs are penned up very closely together. I pos- 

 sessed two fox-hounds once, which were sent to 

 me as incurable ; and they were most miserable 

 animals when brought to my kennel, with scarcely 

 any hair on their bodies, and altogether in a most 

 disgusting state, covered all over with fiery erup- 

 tions, andwith pustules discharging offensive matter. 

 One of these hounds, a dog named Gamboy (of 

 Mr. AVard's blood, and coming direct from his 



