IV fKEFACE. 



dog. WHilst we have consulted our own. experienoo, and 

 searclied tlie best authorities on the diseases iti the animals wo 

 have described, we have at the same time given, so to speak, 

 biographical sketches of our furred and feathered friends them 

 selves, with a view of discovering to the keepers of " Pets " 

 those peculiar instincts which have been noted as characteristic 

 of the genera and species of those creatures which we include 

 amongst our domestic animals. A knowledge of the nature of 

 your pet may often enable you to prevent disease from visiting 

 it, and lengthen the term of life of a faithful and endeared 

 companion. 



To provide clean and pleasant cottages for the poor is 

 properly considered an object of great importance. Inferior, 

 perhaps, but akin to that subject, is the oonsicleraiion of the 

 wise and £t manner to manage ibt; houses and the feeding ot 

 the live stock of the hutch, iha donnex, the hm hmae, iht 

 kennel, the beehive, the equarixuQu 



