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refuse both food and drink; yet we are assured, 

 that they do not show any abhorrence or dread of 

 water,, but will sometimes lap it eagerly to the last. 

 This, however, is very remarkable, that although 

 they lap the water for a long time together, with 

 great avidity, and seem not to experience any un- 

 easiness from it; yet they do not swallow a single 

 drop: and, however long they continue lapping it, 

 no diminution in quantity can be perceived*. 



The only effectual remedy against this dreadful 

 malady, seems to consist in cutting out the wound- 

 ed part, as soon as possible after the bite is inflicted; 

 or in cauterizing it with a hot iron. There have 

 been various specifics made public for the cure of 

 hydrophobia; and none have attained so much 

 celebrity as that denominated the Ormskirk Medi- 

 cine. The efficacy of the whole of these is, how- 

 ever, so much to be doubted, that they ought, by 

 no means, to be trusted in cases where either of 

 the above remedies can be applied. 



When any person is bitten by a Dog reputed to 

 be mad, the animal ought, by no means, to be de- 

 stroyed, as is too often the case. If the Dog be 

 fastened up, and no remedy used, a few days will 

 ascertain whether he is really mad or not. fyfany 

 persons have lived for years, in the most distressing 



* Remark of Mr. Meynell, quoted in Daniel's Rural Sports, 8vo- 

 eclit. i. p, 159. 



anxiety 



