492 SUPPLEMENT. 



Appearances so highly gratifying (and those 

 produced in a few hours by experiments new 

 and uncertain), afforded me the best encou* 

 i*agement to exert every endeavour that could 

 tend to crown the event M'ith success. In 

 about an hour after the last operation, a 

 plate of bread and milk was offered, boiled 

 well together; supporting the head and fore 

 parts from the ground as he lay, in hopes h^e 

 might be able to take a small portion of nu- 

 triment, that would assist exhausted nature 

 and support the frame ; he however, after 

 giving proof of his inclination so to do, failed 

 in the attempt from absolute rveakness, and was 

 compelled to decline it. 



Notwithstanding this failure, every other 

 circumstance tended to convince me the dog 

 was in some decree mendiui]: : confirmed be- 

 yond a doubt, where the obstacle lay, and 

 firmly persuaded the foundation of relief was 

 already communicated, I, for the first time, 

 became enlivened with a ray of expectation 

 it midit be totallv removed. To accom- 

 piish this very desirable point, I was deter- 

 mined no time, no trouble on my part, 

 should be omitted, and therefore dedicated 



