women, and children. If the surface of the wound be excoriated, it will not do to apply this mixture directly to the spot, as it will cause too much pain; it can be used, however, on the parts adjoining.

BURN.

The best application to a fresh burn is raw cotton dipped in sweet oil or molasses; lime-water and sweet oil also makes an excellent dressing.

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WOUNDED EYE.

If a bug, seed, or twig should fly in the eye, it ought to be removed as soon as possible. If you have a companion along, make him explore the eye thoroughly till he gets it out, whatever it may be, with the corner of a handkerchief; else you will be tormented all day with it, and the eye will become irritated and inflamed from its presence. A small seed will sometimes. bury itself in the lining membrane of the lids, and remain there for hours if not removed by a skilful hand; to do this, it will be necessary to take a small pencil-case, or any smooth article, about the same dimensions, in the left hand between the forefinger and thumb (provided our patient's right eye is affected), gently press the pencil lengthwise against the lower part of the lid, at the same time seizing the eyelashes with the forefinger and thumb of the right hand; with a dextrous motion the lid. is everted, and its whole surface can be examined. This operation may appear difficult to the reader, but we can assure him. it is very simple, and can be performed by any one with a little practice.

Bathing the eye in cold water will often remove particles from it that may have blown into it, as well as afford considerable relief after the removal of such substances. The eye, during the evening, should be protected from the heat of the fire and the glare of the candle, not by bandaging it up, as some foolish persons would suppose, but by shading it with a broad-brimmed hat, or, what is better, sitting with the back to both. A bandage will heat the eye, and increase the inflammation.

The following is an excellent collyrium to be used in slight inflammation of the eye arising from wounds, cold, and such like causes.

R.-Vinegar
Laudanum

Water

one teaspoonful;

thirty drops;

eight teaspoonfuls.

This preparation can be had at all times, as there is scarce. a family in any part of the country that has not a little laudanum to dose a squalling child, or to cure an attack of bellyache.

SORE THROAT.

If the throat should feel sore from exposure to wet feet, or any other of those numerous causes that all Sportsmen are open to during their excursions, have recourse to the following gargle, which we have used, over and over again, with perfect success in such cases. We have also recommended it frequently to our

If these ingredients cannot be obtained, take equal quantities of vinegar and water with a sprinkle of Cayenne pepper, and gargle. The throat should be rubbed with hartshorn, oil, and laudanum; even goose-grease will help.

TO STOP HEMORRHAGE.

If by any accident an artery should be opened in any part of the limbs, the bleeding is very easily arrested by tying a handkerchief around the limb; it should be drawn tightly, and answers better if a knot is put in it, which is to be placed directly over the course of the bleeding vessel. By this means the pressure will be exerted more directly upon it. This bandage should not be removed till a Surgeon is present.

All the principal blood vessels run on the inside of the limbs, and can be easily discovered by the pulsation.

TO TELL THE AGE OF A DOG.

It just occurs to us how ignorant many of our friends are as to the mode of telling the age of a Dog; we therefore give in this place a few hints on the subject.

Take, for instance, a Puppy at one year old, open his mouth, and examine his front teeth; take no heed of the side or jaw teeth, save to admire their ivory-like appearance.

These front teeth, or, more scientifically speaking, these incisors, both in the upper and lower jaw, will be found jagged and uneven; this appearance may be termed the marks of the Dog. The age of a Dog may be determined by these marks with the same degree of certainty that a Jockey guesses at the age of a Horse. These marks continue longer in the upper teeth than they do in the lower, and the jagged, uneven appearance noticed in the Pup is half gone at the age of three or four years; when it has entirely disappeared, and all the front teeth have become worn smooth and even, the Dog is nearly or quite full six years old.

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When the front teeth are not only worn smooth, but worn greatly away, the Dog is hard on to eight or even ten years, and then we may notice, in the majority of Dogs, other signs of which are not to be mistaken-such as the turning gray of the hair, about the eyes more particularly, but which gradually spreads over the whole face, Dogs are seldom good for any

sporting purposes aften ten years of age; and but few of them, even at this early age, without they have had kind treatment and good attention, are worth taking to the field, except for a few hours' hunt.