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when during the judging the heat was almost tropical, and this was 

 followed by a storm, sudden and short, that nearly carried away the 

 tent During the heat a bulldog, I think, aa well as a pug, was 

 overpowered by the heat and had fits. The bulldog died. From the 

 suddenness of the attack, the stertorous breathing, and quick collapse, 

 I thought then and since that it was sunstroke. In such oases the dog 

 should be quickly removed to a place as cool, retired, and airy aa 

 possible, and ice, or the coldest water obtainable, applied to the hesid. 



SURFEIT.— See Blotch and Eczema. 



V. 



TAFEWOBMS.— See Wokms. 



TARTAB. ON THE TEETH.— See Teeth, Dbcatbd. 



TEARS. — See Wounds. 



TEETH. — The dog has, when the set is complete, or in kennel 

 parlance, when he " has a full mouth," forty-two teeth, made up of 

 twelve incisors, or cutting teeth, four canines, or fangs, and twenty- 

 six molars, double or grinding teeth. Some 

 of these constitute what are ordinarily called 

 the milk-teeth, and are deciduous — that is to 

 say, they are after a few months cast, and give 

 place to permanent ones. 



Tlie Incisors — six above and six below — form 



the front teeth ; those in the upper jaw are 



the larger, and those both above and below the 



Fio. 20. Puppy's MonTB centre teeth are the smaller, while the outer or 



AT Threb Months. corner cutters are the stronger ; these appear 



at the age of from four to five weeks, and give 



place to the permanent incisors at three or four months. 



The Canines, or Fangs, also make their appearance when the pup is 

 from four to six weeks old ; these are replaced by the permanent fangs 

 about the age of five to six months. They are considerably elongated 

 and pointed ; the upper ones are the stronger. 



The Molars. — Of these, twelve are in the upper jaw, and fourteen 



