SKYE TERRIER.—Canis fomiliaris. 
race, and converts the trusted companion into an involuntary foe. From some cause, 
which at present is quite unexplained, the bite of a Dog which is affected with this 
terrible malady, or even the mere contact of his saliva with a broken skin, becomes 
endued with such deadly virulence, that the unfortunate person upon whom such an 
injury is inflicted is as certain to die as if he had been struck by the poison-fangs of the 
rattlesnake or cobra. 
As far as is known, this dread malady appears to originate only in the canine tribe, 
being communicable to almost every other description of animal, man not excepted, and 
dooming them to a most painful illness and death. It is worthy of consideration, that 
the Dog does not perspire through the skin, and that the tongue and throat offer the only 
means by which the animal can avail itself of that needful exhalation. The symptoms 
of this malady are rather various in different individuals, but yet are of the same type 
in all. 
There is an entire change of manner in the animal. The affectionate, caressing Dog 
becomes suddenly cross, shy, and snappish; retreating from the touch of the friendly 
hand as if it were the hand of a stranger. His appetite becomes depraved, and, forsaking 
his ordinary food, he eagerly swallows pieces of stick, straws, or any other innutritious 
substances that may le in his way. He is strangely restless, seeming unable to remain 
in the same position for two seconds together, and continually snaps at imaginary objects 
which his disordered senses image in rapid succession before his eyes. Strange voices 
seem to fall upon his ears, and he ever and anon starts up and listens eagerly to the 
sounds which so powerfully affect him. Generally, he utters at intervals a wild howl, 
which tells its fearful tale even to unpractised ears, but in some cases the Dog remains 
perfectly silent during the whole of his illness, and is then said to be afflicted with the 
dumb madness. In most instances, the Dog is silent during the latter stages of the 
illness. 
Before the disease has developed itself to any extent, the poor creature becomes 
thoughtful and anxious, and looks with wistful eyes upon his friends, as if beseeching 
them to aid him in the unknown evil that hangs so heavily upon him. He then retires to 
