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sudden startings, great watchfulness, and a disposition to be 

 acted on by sudden impressions, as noises, the appearance of a 

 stranger, &c. This watclifulness, however, often yields to a 

 momentary stupor, and inclination to doze, from which the dog 

 will start up, and fix his eyes steadfastly on some object, pro- 

 bably on one not usually noticed, and often on one altogether 

 imaginary ; at which he will attempt to fly. In this stage the 

 breathing is often hurried ; sometimes the panting is excessive, 

 and, where the pulse can be examined, it is invariably found 

 rapid, and sometimes hard. The irritability in these cases is 

 marked by extreme impatience of control ; and even when no 

 aptitude to attack or act offensively towards those around may 

 appear, yet a great disposition to resist any slight offence offered 

 commonly shews itself. A stick held to such a dog is sure to 

 excite his anger, even from those he is most attached to, and he 

 will seize and sliake it with violence ; the same will occur if 

 either the hand or foot be held out, but, unless in a very great 

 state of excitement, these he will rather mumble than tear, if 

 belonging to those he is acquainted with. This disposition to 

 become in-itated on the slightest show of offence, as flying at a 

 stick, is a very marked feature of rabies, and should be very 

 particularly attended to, and the more, as it usually is present 

 in both varieties of the malady ; unless when paralysis has 

 blunted the capability of excitement A peculiar suspicion 

 marks these particular cases, and a degree of treachery also, by 

 which in the midst of caresses, apparently received with plea- 

 sure, the dog will at once turn and snap at those noticing him: 

 he will, perhaps, readily come when he is called, and with 

 every mark of tractability, will wag his tail and seem pleased, 

 but on a sudden he will seem to receive a counter impression, 

 and hastily bite the person who called him. This stage is often 

 maj'ked, in large and naturally fierce dogs, by an utter fearless- 

 ness of danger, and contempt of every menace; every re- 

 straint is submitted to with extreme reluctance ; the miserable 

 brute shakes his chain with extreme violence, and, when con- 

 fined without one, he will attempt by every means to escape, 



