is more debilitating to tlie system ; the animal will feel faint 

 and weak, and not at all disijosed to frisk about after his 

 immersion. This is the worst part of the business, as it is 

 utterly impossible thoroughly to dry the coat of a long-haired 

 dog, and violent cold is the result. 



A cold bath, which is of course altogether different from a 

 cold wash, will not hurt a robust dog even if it be practised 

 every morning. Here again, however, there aie one or two 

 important rules to be observed. Do not allow the dog's head 

 to be plunged under water; it does no sort of good, and inflicts 

 on it a certain amount of pain. Even if it be a stupid dog, 

 and unable to keep its head above water, a very little assist- 

 ance from you, applied to the nape of the neck, will effect the 

 purpose. With the other hand the dog's coat should be stirred 

 and roughed so that it be thoroughly saturated. 



In this case, as in washing, it is almost useless trying to di-y 

 the animal by means of the towel ; di'ied, however, he must be, 

 and that by his own bodily exertion. In all probability he will 

 be much more inclined to skulk by the kitchen fire than to 

 scamper about, in which case you must rouse him, and either 

 take or send liim out for a run. A good plan, if you Hve in 

 the countiy, is to take him a mile or so out and then give him 

 a dip in a brook ; if he take deep offence at the proceeding, and 

 scamper home as hard as his legs will carry him, so much tho 

 better for his health. If, however, you would try the same 

 trick the next morning you had better pass a string through 

 liis collar, otherwise he wiU never be induced to approach the 

 scene of yesterday's discomfiture. 



PABASIIES. 



For the destruction of fleas a well-known authority directs 

 as follows : " The dog must be taken from the place where it 

 has been accustomed to sleep. The bed must be entirely 

 removed and the kennel sluiced — not merely washed — ^with 

 boiliag water, after which it should be painted with spirits of 

 turpentine. The dog itself ought to be washed with eggs and 

 water with a teaspoonful of turpentine to each egg-yolk. 

 After this the animal should have yellow-deal shavings to 

 sleep on, and if they are frequently renewed the annoyance will 

 seldom be again complained of. Asj however, exceptional 

 cases will always start up, should the tribe not be entirely dis- 

 persed the washing must be repeated, or if from want of time 

 or other cause it be inconvenient to repeat the operation, a 



