The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.

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Title: The gentleman's recreation in four parts, viz. hunting, hawking, fowling, fishing : wherein these generous exercises are largely treated of, and the terms of art for hunting and hawking more amply enlarged than heretofore : whereto is prefixt a large sculpture, giving easie directions for blowing the horn, and other sculptures inserted proper to each recreation : with an abstract at the end of each subject of such laws as relate to the same.
Author: Cox, Nicholas, fl. 1673-1721.
Publication: London :: Printed, and are to be sold by Jos. Phillips ... and Hen. Rodes ...,; 1686.
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Subject terms: Hunting -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Fishing -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Fowling -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Falconry -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Game laws -- England.
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Concerning the Madness of Dogs, and their Venomous Bitings.

I think no reasonable man ought to question why the teeth of a mad dog should do more harm than those of a sound one; because in rage and anger the teeth of every beast and creature receive venome and poison from the head, whereby when they bite at that time they do much more harm.

Against the simple biting of a dog, take the urine of a dog, which is sufficient, since there is but little ve∣nome in those wounds. To lay the hair of the same dog thereon, (though so much talkt on) I look upon as a meer foppery. Or being bit by a dog, take vine∣gar, and with your hand rub the wound very well; then pour into it vinegar mixed with water or Nitre; then wet a spunge in the same liquids, and so let it re∣main bound up three days; then take Pellitory of the wall, mingled and beaten with Salt, or any other plai∣ster for green wounds.

Divers are the cures and remedies for biting of mad dogs; which I omit in this place, as belonging not to my subject, but to Physick.