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gloves, shawls, and bonnets, are pulled to pieces with a 

 seeming zest for mischief, and the ciilprit is found wagging 

 its tail for joy among the wreck it has occasioned. Great 

 distress is created by this propensity, and a means to 

 check it is naturally sought for. Mangling the tongue 

 will not have the desired effect. For a few days pain 

 may make the animal disinclined to use its mouth ; hut 

 when this ceases, the teeth will be employed as ingeni- 

 ously as hefore. Some good is accomplished by clipping 

 the temporary fangs : these are very brittle, and easily 

 cut through. The excision causes no pain, but the 

 point being gone, the dog's pleasure is destroyed ; and, 

 as these teeth will naturally be soon shed, no injury of 

 any consequence is inflicted. By such a simple measure, 

 more benefit than worming ever produced is secured ; for 

 in the last case, almost in every instance, the obnoxious 

 habit entirely ceases. 



As to worming being of any, even the slightest, pro- 

 tection, in case rabies should attack the dog, the idea 

 is so preposterous, that I shall not here stay to no- 

 tice it. 



The tongue of the high-bred spaniel is often subject to 

 partial paralysis of one side. When such is the case, the 

 muscles of the healthy side draw the tongue in that 

 direction ; and the member hangs out of the mouth, ren- 

 dering the appearance somewhat unsightly. The organ 

 from exposure becomes dry and hard ; and not being 

 properly used to cleanse the nose, this last becomes harsh 

 and encrusted upon such portion of its surface as the 

 disabled tongue cannot reach. The dog is disfigured, 



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