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their baneful possession, have anointed his limbs, 

 or more sensitive parts of the frame, with a 

 mixtm^e denominated ^^ horse oils." Then, if in 

 a town or populous place, they have turned this 

 poor agonized animal out of doors, for the time 

 essentially mad, but no more mad, from any 

 disease fatal to himself or any other creature, 

 than a newly-born lamb. The appearance of this 

 poor animal, particularly when the mind of a 

 population has been frightfully imposed on, then 

 gives rise to a mischievously designed cry and 

 to an exciting chase, always acceptable to the 

 lowest of the low. Policemen follow in cabs, kill 

 an innocent dog, and get cheered for their courage. 

 The attention of the Police, and the Society 

 for the Protection of Animals, had better have 

 punished the biped villains, and spared the poor 

 quadruped, whose temporary madness emanated 

 from designing man. 



Grantley F. Berkeley. 



