ON VENOMOUS BITES. 49I 



liorfe fnould be frequently plunged in cold 

 water. This is recommended by the old dotlors, 

 to be done the day before the full, or ne\7 

 moon : what her notlurnal majefty can poffibly 

 have to do in the bufinefs, I have no concep- 

 tion ; but it is eafy enougli to prove, that fiie 

 and her ftarry attendants are ofien implicated 

 by fond and filly .mortals, where they have no 

 manner of concern. 



The dias^noftics of canine madncfs are, hun- 

 ger and thirfl, without power to eat or drink ; 

 trembling, eyes fierce and flaming, hanging of 

 the ears and tail which is bent inv^ards; lolling 

 of the tongue, foaming, barking of the dog at 

 his own fhadow, panting, running a ftraight 

 and heedlefs courfe againft any thing in his 

 way, biting with violence ; other dogs fly him 

 by inflincl. 



Some people have, and do at this day, deny* 

 the exiftence of canine madnefs, as alfo that the 

 plague is contagious ; this is oniv the proof of 

 another fpecies of madncfs. 



SWALLOWING OF LEACHES, OR HEN's 



DUNG. 



This accident frequently happens to country 

 cart-horfes, pafling off" with a flight iicknefs, 

 and without notice. Whilft the horfes are 

 abfent, die poultry will always watch the op- 

 portunity of examining the mangers, where 



they 



