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Russapiiglah, to his iDaster's at Chowringhee, he saw a 

 pariah dog seize a fisherman, and bite hini. Several peo- 

 ple were collected at the spot — he also approached, when 

 the same dog ran at hiin, and as he was retreating before 

 him, bit him in the back part of the right leg, about six 

 inches above the ankle, where he shows t^vo scars at tlie 

 distance of an inch and a half from each other, but with- 

 out any appearance of inflamtnalion or tliickening of the 

 integuments. The dog, after biting him, disappeared, and 

 he does not know what became of him or of the fisherman. 

 The wounds bled a good deal ; but not being very deep, they 

 soon healed without any application. He took no remedv, 

 except, on the day he was bitten, a small piece of scarlet 

 cloth (sooltanee hanat) wrapt up in a piece of ripe plantain, 

 which was recommended to him as an infallible antidote 

 against infection from the bite of a mad dotr. He never 

 saw any one in hydrophobia; and though he had heard that 

 persons bitten by a mad dog were liable to such a disease, 

 the apprehension of it never dwelt on his mind, or scarcely 

 ever occurred to him after the day on which he was bitten. 

 He continued in his usual health till the 4th instant, seven- 

 teen days after the bite, when he found himself didl, heavy, 

 and listless, with loss of appetite and frequent apprehension 

 that dogs, cats, and jackalls were about to seize upon him. 

 He also felt a pricking sensation in the part bitten. When, 

 his mother-in-law i^rought him his breakfast, he was afraid 

 to eat it. He continued his business, however, of taking 

 water from the tank to the house, till about noon of that 

 jday, after which he could not bear to look on or to touch 

 the water, being constantly harassed, whenever he at- 

 tempted to do so, with the horrible appearance of different 

 animals ready to devour him. He now, for the first time, 

 thought of the disease arising from the bite of a mad dog, 

 was convinced that was the cause of his present distress, 

 and fully believed that h.e should die of it. He ate no sup- 

 per, nor drank any water that night, in consequence of the 

 liorrible phantoms that incessantly haunted his imagina- 

 tion. In the morning, all his horrors were increased, the 

 spasms came on, accompanied bv anxiety, oppression, and 

 pain about the praecoidia and stonsach : and those al)out 

 him say that he continued to get worse in every respect, 

 until he arrived at the hospital in the state already dLscril)ed. 

 He does not himself distinctly rcmenilK-r any thine that 

 happened during the whole day. IJe has some faint recol- 

 lection of having been at his own house ; but liow he got 

 there— when he left it — or by what means he was brought 



