FS, Ame. Te 
pafs through it without difficulty, and lap it eagerly 
to the laft. But it is remarkable, that though they 
Jap water for a long time, and eagerly, and do not 
feem to experience any uneafinefs from it, yet, they 
do not appear to fwallow a fingle drop of it; for, 
however long they may continue lapping it, no di- 
minution of quantity can be perceived. 
“* T am perfuaded, that this diforder never origi- 
nates from hot weather, putrid provifions, or from 
any other caufe but the bite.* For however dogs 
may have been confined, however fed, or whatever. 
may have been the heat of the feafon, I never knew 
the diforder commence without being able to trace it 
to that caufe; and it was never introduced into the 
kennel but by the bite of a mad-dog. 
«© The hairs of a mad-dog do not ftand ere& more 
than thofe of other dogs. I do not know that there 
is any thing remarkable in the manner of a mad- 
dog’s carrying his head, or his tail. I do not be- 
lieve that dogs are more afraid of a mad-dog than 
they are of any other dog, that feems difpofed to 
attack them. 
‘© There are two kinds of madnefs, both of which 
I have known to originate from the bite of the 
fame dog. Among huntfmen, one is known by the 
* Jf not formerly generated in the canine race, how could the 
difeafe originate? How make its firft appearance in a new country? - 
May not the inbred caufe that firft produced it ftill exift, and con- 
tinue to prolong its exiftence, independently of contagion? A. F. 
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