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of the tongue, and in this situation he remained about 

 three fourths of an hour. On examination, after he 

 was extricated, the tongue was found started out of its 

 natural position in the mouth some four inches. 

 Every thing was done to reheve his sufferings, and in 

 the hopes that the tongue would adhere to its former 

 position in the mouth, but the tongue being much 

 mutilated, after a lapse of forty-eight hours, the 

 weather being warm, it became perfectly black; at 

 this time, the poor old dog exhibited a desire to 

 leave his kennel, which he was permitted to do, and 

 he went direct for the ocean, where he cooled the 

 fever of his blood by a swim ; he thence went away, 

 and was absent alone about half an hour, when he re- 

 turned to his kennel perfectly tongueless, having, as it 

 was supposed, torn out his own tongue by putting his 

 paws upon it as he had before been seen to do. He 

 was fed during the time upon boiled rice and soup, 

 and ate the usual quantity, on his head being held up, 

 so that the food would run down his throat. Necessity 

 is said to be the mother of invention, which seems to 

 have been verified in this case, as the old favourite now 

 feeds himself as well as ever he did upon every variety of 

 food, drinks as well as ever, although after the manner 

 of a pig, by running his nose more than usual into the 

 water ; and what seems still more remarkable, he barks 

 with the same distinctness as usual on the least in- 

 trusion on his premises in the night time, as he did 

 before the loss of his tongue, and in all respects seems 

 as well as he was previous to the accident." 



Brown, in his " Anecdotes of Dogs," gives an ex- 

 ample of the instinctive dread these animals have 

 of hydrophobia. — 



" A man who used to come every day to the cele- 

 brated Dr. James' house, was so beloved by three 



