think there must be some rule, and that the owner stating which horse he means to win with, if he can, is not merely an act of courtesy. To men on the Turf it is a desideratum that all the rules and regulations of racing should be well known to produce a uniform SIR, system for betters, and the opinion will, I trust, be a sufficient excuse for my troubling your readers with the points which form the subject of this letter. I am, Sir, Yours truly, BURZAUTTEE. The following remedy as a cure for Burzauttee was strongly recommended to me a few years ago by a very old sportsman, and I should have sent it to you sooner, but had mislaid the paper on which it was written, and did not recollect the exact proportions of the different ingredients. However, on reading O. K.'s letter in your 5th number, I made another, and I am glad to say, successful search, as I really think it worth your notice, insomuch as it supports the character of the remedy recommended by O. K.; for, although I have not had an opportunity of trying it myself, the gentleman who gave it to me stated that he had used it with success. "Take opium 2oz., camphor loz., sulphate of copper (blue vitriol) oz., powdered ginger 3oz. Make into a mass with syrup or mucilage, and divide into twelve balls. One to be given every night and morning for three days, and on the fourth day the following ball only to be given. Yellow resin loz., Venice turpentine sufficient to form a ball. The vitriol balls are to be given again on the fifth day, and continued as before, giving the resin every fourth day until about two or three dozen of the former and six or ten of the latter have been given, which will generally be O. K. found sufficient. The Burzauttee fungus should be cut even with the skin, and afterwards seared with a hot iron, and, if necessary, dressed with the following digestive ointment. "Take of beeswax oz., Venice turpentine 1oz., hog's lard 2oz., red precipitate loz. In case there is not any fungus, but merely a swelling about the edges of the sores, the dressing to be of the above ointment, only omitting the red precipitate, and adding oil of turpentine loz., until the swelling is abated." Whenever this treatment has proved successful, I am inclined to think more is to be attributed to the effects of the blue vitriol on the constitution than to any of the other ingredients, and, indeed, I am a little at a loss to guess why opium and camphor are ordered; perhaps they are intended to allay any irritation which the disease may sometimes occasion, or possibly they may have the effect of determining to the surface of the body and increasing the insensible perspiration, but the dose of opium is certainly much too large and must produce considerable constipation of the bowels. The dose of blue vitriol is equal to that which O. K. commences with, but I should prefer giving the medicine twice a day to once, for this reason. In prescribing, the inter vals between doses ought always to be so regulated that the effects of the first be not effaced before the following dose be taken. The practitioner should always attend to this, for if he does not the cure, if effected, will certainly take more time, and indeed may be said to be always beginning, but making no progress. When I first thought of sending you this paper, it was with the view of recommending a trial of blue vitriol in Burzauttee cases. O. K. has, however, been beforehand with me; but I am not sorry, for he writes well, and I feel very confident he is an old hand in the veterinary art, and understands the thing well; besides he has cited a case which is worth pages of theory. I only hope others who may have an opportunity will follow his example, and try a remedy which I really think holds out good prospect of success. I am not at all acquainted with the properties of the milky juice of the Muddar plant, but it appears useful. A medical friend of mine to whom I mentioned the subject last night told me that he had cured ringworms of a very inveterate nature with it; one instance he stated was that of a medical man during the Burmese war, who told him he had applied everything he could think of without the least success. O. K. has made a small mistake where he says the root of the Muddar plant is what Dr. Playfair recommended as a cure for leprosy. It is only the bark of the root. I have witnessed its good effects given in conjunction with calomel and antimonial powder in recent cases of leprosy. By-the-by, might it not possibly be of use in Burzauttee? Should any of your readers be inclined to try it, I would recommend their uniting calomel and antimony with it in the first instance; discontinuing them after they had been given for what might, according to circumstances, be thought a sufficient length of time, but giving the Muddar powder for some time after; I cannot say how much, but I think one dram or one and a half dram would not be found too large a dose of Muddar powder to commence with, and to be gradually and carefully increased every three or four days until it produces some sensible effect. (Its peculiar effect in the human subject is that of producing a considerable glow or heat over the whole surface of the body.) At the same time topical stimulants must be applied-say the milky juice as used by O. K. The Muddar plant ought to be gathered in March, April, or May. The root is to be carefully cleared, which is best done by washing, when just dug up; the bark is then to be taken off, and when dried in the sun is easily beaten into a fine powder. Now, Mr. Editor, I will just congratulate you on the addition to your subscribers, which I see noticed, and also on the improvement made in the manner of printing. I like the double column exceedingly, and with best wishes, I remain, Yours truly, F. S. Barripore, August 20th, 1829. DEATH OF THE TIGER. A RYGHTE MERRIE AND WELL CONCEITED STORIE, FOUNDED Muse of the comic strain, assist, I pray, In Khunner's distant glades the tigers prowl, Their names were Thompson, Jackson, Wilson, Bindham, Beat up the jungles, knocked about the bushes, Thompson's mahout called out, "Dekh, Sahib, Dekh, See how the monster on his belly crouches." Up started Thompson, gayest of the gay, The trigger pulled, the bullet winged its way; The tiger moved not, tail, nor foot, nor head; "Huzza!" cried Thompson, "See, I've killed him dead.” "Be quiet, Jack, sit still I do desire; Why, what's the use of firing now, you ninny, They, too, both fired-pull triggers left and right (Their second triggers both were pulled through fright) To see the animal so bravely slain; Whilst Thompson roared, "I put the first shot in, On they all rushed, elate with joy and glee, And saw why, what the devil did they see? MORAL. Ye sporting youths, who wish to gain, by killing Tigers, glory, And bullock killers they were called, from that day ever after. So prosper long all sporting men, who tigers meet and fight them, And when they meet with scenes like these, may I be there to write them. E. R. P. S.-It has been asserted that these four heroes did subsequently kill several real royal tigers, but as I did not see them I can only say, De non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est reti. NOVICE ON SHOOTING. SIR, for the seller told me he could the trigger is pulled, an advantage which all the boasted superiority of caps and tubes can never rival, at least so said my friend, and so I bought his own Joe Manton flint; while he, being a more experienced sportsman, and therefore careless about trifles, contented himself with à detonator, the tube from which, by-the-by, at the first shot, hit me as we stood side by side, when we fired, smack on my cheek, and singed my hair to ashes. I was forced to leave the ground, and have not seen my friend since. The next time I went out alone, and after walking about the flats and the beach only from seven till five, I made up a considerable bag of game. Four skylarks, two sandpipers, six lilywhites, and a peewit, making a summary of I thirteen full-grown birds. should have bagged more, only the sandpipers run so very fast there's no getting within good killing distance except by hard fagging, but they well reward a sportsman for his trouble, because their flesh is so firm and their trail (though bitterish) is remarkably large and full. And now permit me to ask a few questions of your Shooting Correspondents. What is the best killing distance with No. 2? it's the number I always intend to use. What advantage is derived from not keeping your gun on the full cock? be taken at them, for surely if the quail and partridge fly, as I am told, straight before you and the snipe dodges about in zigzags, the manner of aiming at the straight fliers would not answer with the dodgers? How the devil do you shoot a hare? I've had at least fifteen shots, some pretty close too, at my Malfee's grey cat, but can't touch a feather. I hope that fellow Jasper Gambado has been burked. Yours obediently, NOVICE. P.S.-Just heard from my shooting friend; he recommends me to buy a cavalry cast horse, as they are used to stand fire, and sell cheap, to use as a shooting pony, and to beat Old Woman's Island for "golden plover" and "silverbellies." Query. Where is Old Woman's Island?-does it mean Bombay? and what sort of bird is the silverbelly? FOX HUNTING-BREEDING. I little thought when I was bewailing the harassing up-hill work which breeding in the Deccan from English foxhounds · undoubtedly is, that Scarce a month would elapse before I should be doomed once more to see the hopes of a year and a half cleared by one fell swoop from the land of the living; yet scarce had that period passed when the most ravaging distemper I have yet seen broke out in the kennel I have before spoken of, not only carrying off the flower of the half-bred southern hounds, but attacking indiscriminately young and old of every size and breed N. with such violence, that at one time I really believed scarce a dog would have remained to have mourned his companions. Fortunately, with much care and attention, combined with other remedies, the enemy was at last overcome, and some ten couples of dogs once more held up their heads. As is invariably the case, those which a man is particularly desirous of saving are the first to go off; the best bred dogs accordingly suffered most, and the whole of the puppies, including the only remaining tokens of foxhounds having once been inhabitants of the kennel, were laid under |