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man of a pack of foxhounds, and asked if he could 

 recommend anything, and he told me of some stuff 

 he dressed the puppies with, that never hurt them, 

 and gave me some. I had it applied to some other 

 dogs, and it did not do them the least harm, so I 

 ordered this dog to be dressed with it. It did not 

 seem to affect him at first, but on the next morning 

 he was found dead in his kennel. In spite of his 

 unamiable character, which I put down to his bad 

 health, I was very sorry to lose him, for he had more 

 regard for me, I think, than almost anyone, and was 

 a first-class dog for cover shooting, with me at least, 

 for he would not pay any attention out shooting to 

 anyone else. 



I have met with two cases of decided idiocy in 

 dogs — one occurred fully thirty years ago. It was 

 just about the time that Pomeranian dogs were first 

 brought into England. An old lady saw several of 

 them abroad, and, admiring them very much, brought 

 several home and gave them away as presents to her 

 friends. She gave one to an uncle of mine ; it was 

 a white one, with a splendid coat, and altogether 

 looked a model of the breed, and everyone who saw 

 it remarked on its beauty ; it had, however, very 

 curious-looking blue eyes, and its habits were very 

 strange. It would lie curled up on the hearth-rug 

 in the dining-room the whole day, taking no notice 



