HYDROPHOBIA. It is no pleasure to a dog to 

 go mad. Quite the reverse. Dreadful as hydro- 

 phobia may be to the human being, rabies ia 

 worse to the dog. It makes its approach more 

 gradually. It lasts longer, and it is more intense 

 while it endures. The dog that is going mad 

 feels unwell for a long time prior to the full de- 

 velopment of the disease. He is very ill, but he 

 does not know what ails him. He feels dissatis- 

 fied with everything ; vexed without a reason ; 

 and, greatly against his better nature, very snap- 

 pish. Feeling thus, he longs to avoid all annoy- 

 ance by being alone. This makes him seem 

 strange to those who are most accustomed to him. 

 The sensation induces him to seek solitude. But 

 there is another reason which decides his choice 

 of a resting place. The light inflicts upon him 

 intense agony. The sun is to him an instrument 

 of torture, which he therefore studies to avoid 

 for his brain aches, and feels as if it were a tremb- 

 ling jelly. 



This induces the poor brute to find out the 

 holes and corners where he is least likely to be 

 noticed, and into which the light is unable to en- 

 ter. In solitude and darkness he passes his day. 

 If his retreat be discovered, and the master's 

 voice bid him to come forth, the affectionate 

 creature's countenance brightens, his tail beats 

 the ground, and he leaves his hiding place, 

 anxious to obey the loved authority ; but before 

 he has gone half the distance, a kind of sensation 

 comes over him which produces an instantaneous 

 change in his whole appearance. He seems to 

 say to himself: " Why cannot you let me alone ? 

 Go away ! Do go away ! You trouble me 

 oain me ! " And thereupon he suddenly turns 

 tan ^d darts back into his dark corner. If let 

 alone, thtro he will remain ; perhaps frothing a 

 little at the mouth, and drinking a great deal of 

 wfter, but not issuing from his hiding-place to 

 seek after food. His appetites are altered ; hair, 

 straw, dirt, filth, excrement, ra g q f tin shavings, 

 stones, the most noisome and unnatural sub- 

 stances, are then the delicacies for which the 

 poor dog, changed by disease, longs and s-vallows, 

 in hope to ease a burning stomach. He is *.-ost 

 anxious for liquids. He is now altogether change/! 

 .,avuj,fv-, iivi 10 ma one, simpiy considered, terri- 

 ble. He cannot pause to-tear the creature he 

 has caught. He snaps and then rushes onward, 

 till, fairly exhausted, and unable longer to follow, 

 he sinks down and the sheep pass forward, to be 

 no more molested. He may have bitten twenty 

 or thirty in his mad onslaught ; and would have 

 worried more, had his strength lasted for the 

 furore of madness then had possession of him. 

 He may be slain while on these excursions ; but 

 if he escapes, he returns home and seeks the 

 darkness and quiet of his former abode. His 

 thirst increases, but with it conies the swelling of 

 the throat. 



He will plunge his head into water, BO raven- 

 ous is his desire ; but not a drop of the liquid can 

 he swallow, though its surface is coveredfcfcith 

 bubbles in consequence of the efforts he makes to 

 gulp the smallest quantity. The throat ia en- 

 larged to that extent which will permit nothing 

 to pass. He is the victim of the most horrible 

 inflammation of the stomach, and the most in- 

 tense inflammation of the bowels. His state of 

 suffering is most pitiable. He has lost all self- 

 reliance ; even feeling is gone. He flies at and 

 pulls to pieces anything that is within his reach. 

 One animal in this condition being confined near 

 a fire, flew at the burning mass, pulled out the 

 live coals, and in his fury scrunched them. He 

 i emits the most hideous cries. The noise he makes 

 | is incessant and peculiar. It begins as a bark, 

 ; which sound, being too torturing to be continued, 

 ' is quickly changed to a howl, which is suddenly 

 cut short in the middle ; and so the poor wretch 

 at last falk, fairly worn but by a terrible disease. 

 I AfayhcvJs Dons. 



e ilIan-;*Bonltej of Brazil. 



The captain of the Fivm-h schooner Adrienne, \ 

 who last summer was stationed at Pernambuco, i 

 Brazil, gives the following sketch of a tame 

 monkey t 



A short time ao I dined at a Brazillian mer- 

 chant's. The conversation turned upon the well 

 tutored chimpanze of Mr. Vanneck's, a creele 

 gentleman, whose slave had brought him ihe mon- 

 *ey, which he had caught in the woods. Every 

 one praised the accomplished animal giving 

 accounts of its talents so wonderful that I could 

 not help expressing some incredulity. My host 

 smiled saying I was not the first who would nut 

 believe in these results of animal education until 

 he had seen it wuh his owto eye**-. He therefore 

 proposed to me to call on Mr. Vanneck. 



I gladly consented, arid on the following morn- 

 ing we set out. The house of the Creole lies on. 

 .he road to Olinda, about an hour's ride from 

 town. We proceeded along splendid hedges of 

 cactus shaded by the bananas and palm trees, and 

 at lengih observed his chamiing villa. A negro 

 received us at the entrance and took us to ihe 

 p ar l or _hastening to tell his master of our visit. 

 The first object which caught our attention was 

 the monkey seated on a stool and sewing with 

 great industry. Much struck, I watched him at- 

 tentively, while he, not paying any attention to 

 us, proceeded with his work. The door opened; 

 Mr. Vanueck, reclining on an easy chair, was 

 wheeled in. Though his legs are paralyzed he 

 seeios bright and cheerful ; he welcomed us most 

 kindly. The monkey went on sewing with great 

 zeal. I could not retrain from exclaiming " How 

 vvouderful !" for the manner and process of the 

 animal were those of a practical tailor. He was 

 sewing a pair of striped pantaloons, the narrow 

 shape of which showed that they were intended 

 or himself. 



A negro new appeared announcing madame 

 Jasmin, whom Mr. Vanneck introduced as his 

 neighbor. Madame Jasmin was accompanied by 

 uer little daughter, a girl of twelve years, who 

 immediately ran to the monkey greeting him aa 

 as an old friend, beginning to prattle with him. 

 Jack furtively peeped at his master ; but as Mr. 

 Varmeck's glance was stern, the tail- a* went on 

 sewing. Suddenly his thread broke ; and he put 

 he end to his mou.h, smoo hed ir, \\itli his left 

 paw, and threaded the need o again. Mr. Van- 

 ,ieek then turned to him, and, speaking ia the 

 monkey drew it from my pocket and handed it to 

 me. " Now show your room to my guests," con- 

 tinued his master; and he opened a door at which 

 he stopped to let us pass, and then followed him 

 self. Everything was extremely tidy in the small 

 room. There was a bed with a mattress ; a table, 

 soma chairs, drawers, and various toys; a gun 

 hung on the wall. The hell was wrung ; Jack 

 went and reappeared -^iih his master, wheeling in 

 the chair. Meanwhih I had taken the gun from 

 the wall ; Mr. Vanneck handed it to the monkey, 

 who fetched the powder-flask and shot-bag, and in 

 the whole process of loading acquitted himself 

 like a rifleman. I had already seen so much that 

 was astonishing, that I hardly felt surprised at 

 his feat. Jack now placed himself in an open 

 window, took aim and discharged the gun without 

 being the least startled by the report. He then 

 went through sword exercise with the same skill./ 

 It would be too long to jot .down all Mr. Van-j 

 neck told us about his method of education and\ 

 training; the above facts, witnessed by myself,' 

 bear sufficient evidence of the abilities of the ani- 

 mal, and its master's talents for tuition. We 

 stayed to supper, to which there came more ladies 

 and gentlemen. Jack again exhibited his clever- 

 ness in waiting, at which he acquitted himself as 

 well as any man-servant. Going home my com- 

 panion missed a small box of sweets, out of which 

 he had regaled the monkey with almonds. Jack 

 had managed to steal it from his pocket; and on 

 being . afterwards convicted of the theft was se- 

 verely punished by his master. Chambers' Jour. 



