206 MAD DOGS. 



Shortly after, the same animal attacked a man 

 driving loaded bullocks, first biting the cattle, 

 and then the man, who received a bite in his leg, 

 but succeeded in killing the jackall, which was 

 decidedly rabid. In consequence of the poor 

 fellow's bullocks having run off with their loads, 

 I could not prevail on him to stay to have any 

 thing done to his wounds, and I know not what 

 became of him. If any living animal intercepts 

 them in their path, they bite at it. At this 

 period, they are both strong and active, with 

 lively inflamed eyes, and have more than a natural 

 secretion of saliva. Their strength, however, 

 soon begins to fail, and their breathing from being 

 quick, becomes laborious, with their tongues 

 hanging a little out ; and, as their disorder ad- 

 vances, dropping lower, and at last becoming of 

 a dark colour, while the foam issues from their 

 mouths ; at that period, they appear to drag 

 rather than lift their hind legs. 



Almost the whole of the hair on their backs 

 and necks stands erect, and their eyes are blood- 

 shot, emitting a purulent discharge. The fatal 

 crisis then soon follows, and according to my 

 observations, they generally die on the third day 

 from the time the irritability first shews itself; 



