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the coverings of the eye are endowed with great powers 

 of self-reparation. If, however, the application recom- 

 mended does not perform everything to the proprietor's 

 satisfaction, the eye wash No. 2 will perfect the cure. 

 Accidents of this description are apt to leave scars in the 

 shape of white marks across the eye, which time must 

 he allowed to remove ; and this in general is performed, 

 while all the appliances of art in the writer's hand have 

 been useless for hastening this object. 



DISEASES OF THE IJMBS. 



The Dew-claws. — The dew-claws, as they are term- 

 ed, grow high upon the inner side of the leg, nearer to 

 the foot than to the elbow. They are frequently re- 

 moved while the dog is very young, being then merely 

 cut off with a pair of scissors. This, however, is a very 

 primitive way of operating ; and it is best done with 

 a knife, first reflecting back sufficient skin to cover the 

 wound which the removal will occasion. The excision, 

 moreover, is only justifiable when the dew-claw hangs 

 from the leg attached to it merely by integument ; when 

 it is regularly formed, united to the leg by means of con- 

 tinuous bone, it may be allowed to remain ; for in that 

 case there is little more danger of its being torn off as 

 the dog grows up and hunts game, than any other of the 

 claws appended to the extremity of the foot. 



The Claws.— These frequently, especially in petted 

 dogs that pass their days parading about on Turkey car- 

 pets, become of extraordinary length ; in some cases. 



