460 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



On December 20 further indirect information was received 

 that a rabid dog had run amuck and been shot at Millbuiy. 

 The inspector for that town was requested to obtain the carcass 

 of the suspected dog and send it to Village Street. This he 

 did, and immediately upon its receipt the proper steps were 

 begun for the purpose of determining whether or not this ani- 

 mal was actually rabid. The fact cannot be ascertained until 

 after some time from the commencement of the inquiry. 

 Nothing more has been heard concerning this animal. 



On December 30 one of the Boston evening papers printed 

 a communication, dated at Watertown on the 30th, stating that 

 a suspected mad dog had been killed in that town, after coining 

 there from Crescent Beach, Revere, where he had bitten a few 

 dogs and several children. In this instance the inspector for 

 Watertown was directed to get possession of the carcass of the 

 suspected dog and send it to the laboratory at once, also to 

 ascertain all that was possible in relation to the animal and his 

 actions. 



In answer to this the following correspondence has been 

 received : — 



[Copt.] 



Waltham, Mass., Jan. 2, 1896. 



Dear Dr. Lyman: — I have investigated the mad dog case, as you 

 requested. I found he had been buried in a lot off Howard Street, 

 Watertown. I sent my man down this morning and brought the 

 clog to Waltham, and have shipped him by National express to No. 

 52 Village Street, at 10.19. I found, on inquiry at the police sta- 

 tion, that he had bitten one or more dogs in the town, and ordered 

 them quarantined until the case had been investigated. I asked the 

 chief of police to find out all he could in regard to the case. I en- 

 close copy of letter from the owner of the dog at Revere ; will report 

 later if I find anything more pertaining to the case. 

 Yours truly, 

 (Signed) W. E. Peterson, Veterinary Surgeon. 



[Copy.] 



Revere, Mass. 

 The Chief of Police, Watertown, Mass. 



Dear Sir: — I was very glad to hear that you had succeeded in 



shooting my dog. I sincerely hope nothing serious will result from 



his ravages. I tried to poison him Saturday night, but failed, and 



