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of dogs in the pasture of Mr. Crowley. All that is known is, that 

 at about the time the other herds were attacked, dogs were heard in 

 the lower part of this pasture where it is heavily wooded. 



The symptoms which developed in Mr. Biiffington's heifer were» 

 according to statements of Dr. Etienne and others, identical with 

 those exhibited by the cattle known to have been bitten. 



Mr. Cheever has furnished some important facts with reference to 

 the source of one of the dogs which probably figured so prominently 

 in the attacks upon the different herds just referred to, and the pos- 

 sible relations of these attacks to the etiolog}' of the disease. 



He says that he had owned since a pup a shepherd dog, about two 

 years of age, with black body and tan colored throat and legs. In 

 the early part of April he was on several occasions seen playing 

 about the buildings with a strange hound. One evening while the 

 cows were being milked in the stable the collie was heard to give a 

 number of short, sharp yells as if in pain. Some one rushed imme- 

 diately to the stable door and saw the shepherd in the yard, and run- 

 ning off to the north across the fields, the hound with which the 

 shepherd pup had occasionally played. As the shepherd did not 

 appear to be much hurt, nothing more was thought of tlie occurrence 

 for some time. 



The collie was generally used to assist Mr. Cheever in driving his 

 cattle from the pasture to the stable, and frequently when an animal 

 was inclined to loiter, would nip its heels or tail, the latter part was 

 most frequently chosen as the point of attack and the owner has said 

 that the dog would occasionally for amusement nip off a few inches 

 of the ends of the tails of the young calves when they were tied in 

 the stable. Judging from the fact that many of the younger animals 

 upon his farm are minus a large part of the free extremity of that 

 important and useful organ, we are inclined to believe that nearly all 

 were subjected several times to the operation. 



It was customary for the dog to stay in the house at night, and he 

 was allowed the liberty of the kitchen and adjoining bed-room which, 

 was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cheever and some of the children. 

 He usually lay during a greater part of the night in one particular 

 spot and rarely moved from it until morning. 



Sometime about three weeks after the dog was supposed to have 

 been bitten by the hound, it was noticed that he acted in an unnat- 

 ural manner. He became lazy and stupid, appeared to suffer slight 

 pain when made to move and had the appearance of being sore and 



