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rected it to be killed, and, together with the cleansings from 

 the sty, to be buried at a great depth in the ground ; which I 

 was afterwards assured had been done. I subsequently dis- 

 covered, however, that a butcher who had slain the animal with 

 a hatchet, instead of allowing the carcass to be buried, had cut 

 it up, and exposed it for sale, and that, from its fatness, it had 

 been readily disposed of. Notwithstanding the infamy of this 

 act, aware that the possible evil consequences could no longer 

 be averted, I too much dreaded the effects of the imagination 

 in those who had partaken of the meat, to hazard a legal inves- 

 tigation on the subject. The disgraceful occurrence therefore 

 slept in silence ; but from that day to this, and it happened 

 twenty-four years ago, I have not heard of any mischief arising 

 from it. 



5. In Sheep. — In like manner, I have met with but one in- 

 stance of rabies in sheep ; in this one, however, five sheep, 

 which were bit by a mad dog, all became affected at one and 

 the same period, after the lapse of a few weeks. The symptoms 

 first noticed were, that the animals left off grazing, and dis- 

 persed the flock by indiscriminate attempts to butt and to 

 mount upon their fellows. They were all killed save one, 

 which being confined in a stall, kept quietly staring at the wall 

 with a dejected look, as long as every thing around it was 

 noiseless ; but on hearing the slightest sound, the animal turned 

 to the direction from whence it proceeded, and jumped up at 

 the sides of the stall. Food and water were left untouched. 

 Here my observations were cut short by the proprietor declin- 

 ing to await the natural termination. In a large flock, single 

 cases of disease are usually overlooked until the symptoms be- 

 come very conspicuous, and it appears more than probable that 

 such was the fact in the present instance. 



The above details are therefore only to be received as a rough 

 sketch. The peasants would frequently hold fast the tongue of 

 the rabid cattle with one hand, whilst they thrust the other deep 

 into the creature's throat, in the endeavour to force nourishment 

 into its stomach. That the nakedhands and arms were on some of 

 these occasions not entirely free from injury, I can scarcely 

 doubt ; and yet I never witnessed any evil efiects to arise from 



