TREATMENT OF SAPLINGS 91 



)il, or, better still, a full teaspoonful of German liquorice 

 )Owder, is first given, and this alone will often betray the 

 )resence of worms in the individual. A couple of days later 

 hey should be .deprived of their evening meal, and on the 

 bllowing morning a dose of freshly grated areca-nut— as much 

 IS will lie on a shilling - should be given in butter ; in short, 

 he same process is to be gone through as was practised in the 

 iays when they were weaned ; but now the doses must be 

 itronger. If the presence of tapeworm is discovered, those 

 luffering from it should be put aside and dosed again with 

 ireca-nut after the lapse of a week, but those which betray no 

 iign of parasites should after a like interval be treated with 

 lantonine. When the owner is satisfied that his saplings are 

 Durged of all such pests, a tonic treatment will be found most 

 iesirable, and with this and regular feeding on suitable food, 

 >lenty of exercise and warm clean quarters, he will be pleasantly 

 surprised at the rapid improvement that takes place in his 

 :harges. We have already given a description of tonics that 

 ire most beneficial, and also general directions for feeding, so 

 ve need only point out that the attendant must be guided by 

 ;ircumstances in his choice. Cod-liver oil, for instance, which 

 s most valuable where there is lack of flesh and the patient 

 eraains thin and ' tucked up,' must not be administered too 

 reely in the summer months, as it is very heating, and is apt, 

 noreover, to develop an undesirable quantity of internal fat ; 

 f sufficient and regtilar exercise is not given, it is sure to 

 iamage the liver and cause a complication of diseases, so 

 hat a watchful eye and common sense should be the guides that 

 nust determine the quantity to be used and the duration of 

 he course. These remarks apply with equal force to Parrish's 

 "ood, a most useful agent both in wasting of tissue and where 

 here is a tendency to rickety limbs and weak joints. 



Now is the time when both home-reared saplings and 

 hose that have been sent in from walk must be removed to 

 he kennels proper and rendered amenable to discipline ; but 

 in no account must this be done till they are outwardly and 



