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with the males, or to be so heavy with young that she cannot 
work by herself during the last part of the sporting season 
This may certainly be a saving knowledge, but the opportu¬ 
nity of saving a breed of a good kind ought not to be sacri¬ 
ficed for so paltry an object. 
PARTURITION, OR PUPPING. 
It is no uncommon occurrence for bitches to lose their 
lives in pupping. Protracted labour will cause the death of 
the young in the womb, in which case they frequently are 
not discharged at the time, but come away piecemeal some 
days afterwards. Sometimes fits are brought on by tedious 
labours, in which case give the following specific :— 
iEther . . .1 drachm, 
Laudanum . . 1 drachm, 
Strong ale .2 ounces. 
CHAPTER VL 
FEEDING, MANAGEMENT, TRAINING, &c. 
The natural food of the dog is flesh, and it is found that 
those in a wild state prefer it to any other kind of nutri¬ 
ment. It is this desire that gives to him the instinctive pro¬ 
perty of pursuing other animals; and without this crav¬ 
ing of nature he never would hunt. Many have been of 
opinion that to feed a dog on flesh destroys the acuteness of 
his olfactory sense. This doctrine we most positively deny, 
and that, too, upon the most common principles of physi- 
oiogy ; for it is difficult to conceive how any animal should 
