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every second day. These boiled completely to rags, and the 
residuum added to the meal, will leave no desideratum in the 
way of feeding. 
It is well to observe that vegetables of almost any kind, 
as potatoes, carrots, parsnips, and even cabbages, may be 
added to this mess, and that to the dog’s great advantage. The 
quantity may be gradually increased, beginning with so small a 
portion that the flavor of the mess shall not be altered, until the 
dog will eat the vegetables almost alone. The best kennel 
huntsman I ever knew in England, was in the habit of feeding 
his dogs one day in six, during the hunting season, and twice a 
week during the rest of the year on vegetables and meal only, 
without flesh, and I never saw dogs stouter and finer in 
condition. 
Dogs should be supplied freely, if kept chained up in cities, 
where they cannot procure their natural herbaceous emetic, 
with the common dog-grass, or queech-grass, triticum repens; 
and where this cannot be obtained, should occasionally have an 
emetic given them, consisting of tartarized antimony —emetic 
tartar —from one to three grains, in proportion to the size of 
the dog. It can be given most readily, mixed with lard or but¬ 
ter into a small ball; or between two slices of meat, when the 
dog is hungry. Common salt, in doses varying from half a 
small teaspoonful to one and a-half, in proportion to size, may 
be administered as an emetic; but it is violent in its action, and 
should therefore be used only when no other can be readily 
obtained. 
When dogs have been very fat previous to the commence¬ 
ment of the shooting season, and strong exercise has been 
brought into play to reduce and bring them into perfect condi¬ 
tion, a few gentle doses of purgative medicine will be of great 
service to the animal, and will improve all his powers, both of 
speed, endurance and scent. 
“ The term condition,” says Mr. Blaine, “ as applied to dogs 
is correspondent with the same term as used among horses, and 
is intended to characterize a healthy external appearance, 
