P L A T E XXXVII.
DOOREAHS, OR DOG-KEEPERS, LEADING OUT DOGS.
T „ h lb„,l of d o , . i„ tncllashonia bo rimplc. and modoo. e l y nu.nfous . Me.
a l „ „ 0 „o, fo„na u, ll .o p„rpose, a. heau. U.o blooJ, and very ap
o e e a * , , ,1,0 ,ll.le,„pev. Dog. are ex,re,„ely s„bjec. .0 b,le. wl„eb ,l,oy go
rW „ n , v o a , l „ , .be leave, of a kl,ul of grn. . , very co.nmon In ever y eountry, and
,vl,k.l, ,;over f^lh 10 v c n k ,l,en,. Beside, .ueb dog. a. are kep, loo Ingb, are
f r e , p , e n , l y auaekcd ,vl,l, ,l,e .lagger., a„d eom.nonly are Iroablec ,v,ll, very
l . , r i c ,vonn.. 'I'be l>e,l al'nnenl ,l,ai ea„ bo given then, i . about half a p o u n d of
n , e â , a„<l a„ euual .[uaulilv of ,-iee, dally. These being boiled logelher m t b a
I i „ l e ' s a l , and lurn,e,-ie, a,-e"fo„nd ,o answer ad,nlrably. Sueh as are part,c„lar
r e » a r , l i „ g tbe heallb of ,heir dogs. „,ake a point of feeding tl,en, three „,nes ,n
Ihe d-,v • l.ul in general ,l,e allowau.je ,-oeom,r,ondod. is div,ded ,nto a ,nor„,ng
nnd an evening „.eal. If given all at one tl,ne, the anhnal's health would be
miK-h iii'iiircd.
•riu. English spo,,s,„au «ill start at the expense of sueb a provision; bntwe
u.ust idver, ,0 ,be curren, priées of tbe eountry, where a pound of nee rarely
eosts a„ halfpenny, and where ,neal, sueh as is p r o p e r for ll,e purpose, ,s seldom
d o u b l e that priee.
Disettses of every deseriplion p,-oeeed In a warm elimate wi,h the most
r a p i d s,ri,les; a n d . ^ n general, allow no ti.ne for relleetion or reference.
H e n c e every précaution should be atlopted to repel distemper, and obvate
t h e neee»si,y for medicine. Tbe mange bas usually taken a lirn, bold before
i t is observed ; an.l the appea,-anee of one blotcb or <lef,e,eney ,n tbe coat
of ht, r serve, but as a prelude to a complete baldness, whicb often supervenes
ilotwltbstanding immediate remedies arc used. Fans filled vv,th water
s h o u l d be placed tbrougbout the kennel, and in each a small quantity o
p o u n d e d sulphur should be mixed : indeed tbe floor of sulphur .n small
q u a n t i t y ought to be oecasionallv sprinkle,I in the food : the absence of disease
w h e r e suel, a precaulion is a.lopted, will sulV.eiently justify the practice, and
save much expense as well a. anxiety. The floor, and platfor,ns sbould be
d a i l y w a s h e d ; and every precaut ion used to keep the dogs cool and comlortal.le.
N o t h i n g is so good a. a common mat for them to sleep on, it being clean, and
n o t retentive of heat.
U n d e r such management not only flies and fleas wi l l be less n ume r o u s , bnt that
d r e a d f u l disease, the hydrophobia, be less f,-equent. I never observed less of
t h e eomplaint, nor fewer vermin, than in the kennel of a gent leman who, as the
bot season advanced, had the hair of his dogs clipped, and saw, that they vvei-e
d a i l y rubbed with suds; after whieh they wer e led to a pond, in wli,eh they
s w am about for a short time. Tbey we,-e healthy, and rei|ui,-ed less food tban
a p p e a r e d absolutely necessary before this plan was adopted.
T h e hydrophobia, I am apt to think, is not t,niform in its attaek, nor in the
s y m p t o m s it exhibi t s in its vai-lous stages. With respect to that violent spasm,
o r paroxysm, generally understood to be excited by the sight of water, I
c a n n o t say that I ever saw it in any dog; though 1 have witnessed it in a man
w h o died of the hite whieh he had received from a dog that exhibited llie most
c o m p l e t e derangement, but was not in any degree convulsed whe.i water was
p r e s e n t e d to him. W e arc told that in the true canine madness, the hydrophobi a
i , a constant attendant. Having seen some bun. l red. of dog. that wer e not only
m a d thcnselves, but that communicated the mahuly to such as they bit, not
one of which ever appeared agilatetl by the presence of water , 1 mus t eonelude
c i t h e r that, in particular climates, or in some particular anomaly of that terrible
d i s e a s e , the hydrophobi a is not an insepa,-ahle .ymplom.
T b e langour, dullne.., and obvious slate of ,nelaneboly whieh generally first
» i v e reason to suspect the approach of madness, so far from being attended
w i t h any dislike to water , in all ea.se. that have come under my ob.ervatioii,
h a v e evinced a tendency to the reverse. When dogs, under sueb an oppre.ssion,
h a v e neglected their victual . , tbey have freely repaired to the ,1,-inking vessel..
As the disease proceeded, not only an indifl'erenec to their meat was evinced,
b u t the relish for the liquid seemed to abate ; and generally, instead of lapping,
t h e dog. woul d get their noses under the pans and upset them. lo this period. [ ^ ^ " b O O H E A M S o h b o g KEElPiaRS I L E ^ I H G OD_T DOtS,
L E S GA8DE a i l E N S O N DOOKEAHS PBOMEN.OT l ï b CHIE5S
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