WORMING of Dogs. All dogs have certain strings under their tongues, by most called a worm; this must be taken out when they are about two months old, with the help of a sharp knife to slit it, and a shoemaker's awl to raise it up; you must be careful to take all out, or else your pains is to little purpose; for till then he will be hardly ever fat and right, in regard the worm or string will grow foul and troublesome, and hinder his rest and eating. This cruel operation is generally recommended as a preventive of madness in dogs, or at least as disabling them, if mad, from biting in that condition.

In this operation, of which the vulgar account is gi- Worming ven above, which we have justly denominated a cruel one, it is not a string that is removed, but the duct by which Worship. the saliva is conveyed from the gland in which it is secreted to the mouth for the purpose of mixing with the food and promoting its deglutition and digestion. Now this operation by no means prevents the animal from biting, nor can it, in our opinion, obstruct the flow of the saliva by which the dreadful disease hydrophobia is communicated.