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ran into my stables and bit a poligar 

 hound, and then seized a stable man by 

 the tendons of the instep. At last one 

 of the men threw a horse cloth over it, 

 and it was beaten to death. 



I shot the poor poligar dog in the 

 morning, to avoid further risks; but 

 when the Brahmin arrived with his re- 

 medy, he assured me that he could have 

 saved the dog, as he would assuredly 

 save the men, from hydrophobia. 



The remedy, which he administered 

 internally, betrayed itself both by its 

 smell and its operation, and proved to 

 consist mainly of the leaves of the da- 

 tura, or stramonium plant, made into a 

 pulp. The patients were warned to ex- 

 pect an attack of delirium and stupor, 

 and were to eat nothing for twenty-four 



