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narrative continues: ^' j\r. Boiirrel, convinced that 

 the bhmtecl tooth of the dog could not penetrate 

 througli clotliing, gave liis hand covered with a 

 o^ove to one of the mad dogs I " 



Reader, he oifered his hand in all kindness, 

 and, HO to speak, shook hands with a dog mad 

 from hydrophobia. 



After this passage of friendship, ^' when the 



mad dog released the grasp of his jaws, not having 



given his paw, the glove was intact, and the bite 



had only produced a deep impression." The 



daring M. Bourrel continues: ''This experiment, 



repeated on dogs who were not mad, to which 



I gave my naked hand to bite, proved to me 



that the blunted tooth can but very rarely, 



however great may be the contraction of the 



muscles of the jaw, break the epidermis of animals 



whose hair necessarily deadens the pressure exerted, 



and can only injure the liuman epidermis in very 



exceptional cases." 



Now, let me appeal to the thinking readers of 

 both sexes— to tlie kind and gentle lieart of 

 woman and to the hairier hearts of men and 

 sportsmen, which ought to beat in so much grati- 

 tude to the most faithful, brave, and useful four. 



