228 Hydrophobia occurring among Foxes. 



ger, but well furred, and in its stomach was found nothing but 

 a little bit of cloth. 



Besides, many foxes were killed in the same district, by 

 wood-cutters and peasants, either in the woods or villages, 

 many of which were affected with the mange. 



The disease has committed such ravages in the principali- 

 ty of Eisenach, that ever since 1833, the whole number of 

 fox-skins obtained, is only one-seventh of what it was before. 



On the more recent state of the disease in the kingdom of 

 Wurtemberg, I find a very interesting account in the July 

 number of Behlen's f Allgemeine Forst und Jagelzeitung,' 

 communicated by His Grace the Duke Henry of Wurtem- 

 berg, dated 'Ulm, May, 1837.' Already last summer, mad 

 foxes made their appearance here and there, and near Rothen- 

 burgh on the Nectar, a girl, bitten by one, died of hydropho- 

 bia, the symptoms of which shewed themselves nine or ten 

 days after the wound had been inflicted. In the beginning 

 of December, 1836, at a shooting party held near Ulm, seve- 

 ral diseased foxes were killed with sticks. The foxes were 

 scarce, upon the whole, for the season, and did not behave 

 with their accustomed caution, as they would approach 

 within a few yards of the hunters, even when in full view and 

 with the wind unfavorable. Moreover, the fur, though good, 

 was, in a few specimens, of a peculiar colour, and the hair 

 somewhat bristly. They were found to be exceedingly lean, 

 and the internal parts of a deep yellow colour. These symp- 

 toms of an epidemic among the foxes became more evident 

 as the season advanced. Many were found dead, or killed 

 with sticks ; and two village dogs, bitten by foxes, went mad 

 about ten days after. Similar events took place in other lo- 

 calities, and in one village forty-three dogs were destroyed as 

 a measure of precaution, because a few had been bitten by 

 mad foxes. A horse was assailed by a mad fox, and its nose 

 lacerated in a frightful manner ; but the fox escaped, as the 

 people present were so frightened, that they took to their 

 heels. The horse was apparently healed by a veterinarian 

 It remained well, and was frequently ridden, for seven weeks, 

 it then suddenly became depressed, and at length fell into per- 

 fect listlessness, and died in dreadful convulsions. On dis- 

 section, it was found that the lungs and liver were completely 

 disorganised, a general effusion of deep yellow bile had taken 

 place, and the viscera were, upon the whole, in a very advan- 

 ced state of decomposition. 



The government of Wurtemberg caused several specimens 

 of the diseased foxes to be dissected by medical men, and the 

 result served, in a great measure, to confirm the opinion, that 



