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CHAPTER IV. 



ON DISTEMPER AND MADNESS AMONG HOUNDS. 



Startling Announcement in the Times— 'Dmhn.m Hounds — Mis- 

 takes made between Hydrophobia and Distemper — Marked 

 Difference between Distemper, Insanity, and Hydrophobic 

 Madness — Young Hound from Berkeley Castle attacked with 

 Hydrophobia — Extraordinary Disease which prevailed among 

 my Staghounds — Treatment for Distemper — Dr. Jenner's Letter 

 to the late Sir Mathew Tierney— Vaccination— Experiments — 

 Important Note. 



On the 29tli of November, 1871, the hunting-world, 

 and among the conclave no man more so than 

 myself, was startled and horrified — I know that I 

 was shocked — by the following announcement in 



the Times : — 



•^ Dumb-Madness among Foxhounds. 



^^ A meeting of county gentlemen interested in 

 the Durham County Foxhounds was lield in the 

 County Hotel, in the city of Durham, on ]\[onday, 

 to hear a statement from the masters as to the 



