208 MAD DOGS. 



get into the kennels or dog-houses in India, and 

 sometimes even mingle with the dogs in the field 

 while sporting. This is when they are in the first 

 stage of madness, and they will go considerably 

 out of their way to attack and bite all dogs that 

 come in their sight. In such cases a general ex- 

 amination should be made, and every dog that 

 bears the least mark of a scratch or bite should be 

 put to death. Even this precaution does not 

 always ensure perfect safety, as the following, 

 selected from several other facts, will tend to 

 show. 



While I was coursing one day, with a leash of 

 grey-hounds, and several terriers, a jackall ap- 

 peared at a considerable distance, on a plain. 

 The grey-hounds were slipped ; the dogs saw the 

 animal, and immediately made direct for him. 

 To my great surprise, the jackall, instead of 

 making off, ran straight towards the dogs, and I 

 soon discovered that he was raging mad. It was 

 impossible to separate them till they had killed 

 him. I went immediately home, had all the dogs 

 washed, and examined them myself in the most 

 minute manner. 



I found four favourite dogs bitten, and these 



