dogs; their management. 2'Jl 



is pnt into the stomach, nourishes the legs, and that which 

 enters the same receptacle, may surely disease the like 

 parts. That which nurtures health, and that -vvhicli 

 generates sickness, are more closely allied than we are 

 willing to allow. Thus, a moderate meal nourishes and 

 refreshes ; hut the same food taken in too great ahun- 

 dance, as surely will bring disease ; and it is of too much 

 food that I have to complain, when I speak of the 

 bowels as associated with paralysis. Dogs will become 

 great gluttons. They like to do what they see their 

 master doing; but as a dog's repast comes round but 

 once a day, and a human being eats three or four times 

 in the twenty-four hours, so has the animal kept within 

 doors so many additional opportunities of over-gorging 

 itself. Nor is this alL The canine appetite is soon satis- 

 fied ; the meal is soon devoured. But it is far otherwise 

 with the human repast. The dog may consume enough 

 provender in a few minutes to last till the following day 

 comes round ; whereas the man cannot get through the 

 food which is to support him for six hours, in less than 

 half a division of the time here enumerated. Supposing 

 one or two persons to be seated at table, it is very hard 

 to withstand a pair of large, eloquent, and imploring eyes, 

 watching every mouthful the fork lifts from the plate. 

 For a minute or two it may be borne j but to hold out an 

 entire hour is more than human fortitude is capable of. A 

 bit is thrown to the poor dog that looks so very hungry ; 

 it is eaten quickly, and then the eyes are at work again. 

 Perhaps the other end of the board Ls tried, and the appeal 



