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*om. Some dogs wfll early in the disease eat 'their 

 'OWH excrement ; and lapping their own water is very 

 connnonly observed among them, and is so strong a 

 mark of the disease, that it should always be looked 

 :for. Another very early symptom of madness in dogs 

 kept in the house is an antipathy to cats: the very cats 

 they have lived in friendsiiip with are very early in the 

 complaint the objects of their unceasing annoyance. 

 Whe progress of this irritability is often clear and well 

 marked. Cats are the first objects of tlieir anger, 

 while no dislike is manifested towards dogs. Next 

 iiowever dogs, particularly strangers, are attacked ; 

 but those they are accustomed to are still respected. 

 As the disease advances, however, they do not 

 spare those they are accustomed to ; and last of all 

 ^they attack the persons around them : but except in 

 a moment of irritability they seldom absolutely attack 

 any human person. In contradiction to this it may 

 be said. How are persons, then, bitten in the streets 

 and roads by dogs passing? Whendogs leave their home, 

 it seems they are impelled by some inward impulse 

 to go abroad to propagate the disease: this actually 

 appears almost their immediate object ; it is instinc- 

 tive, not a rational effort ; the proof of which is, that 

 they pursue no other object. This being the case, 

 they turn hastily, and snap at every thing that comes 

 in their way.; but even here they less willingly bite 

 Siuman persons than their own species: but in those 

 ■^vho do not take on this wandering disposition there 

 is seldom much mischief manifested in their disposi- 

 tion towards human persons. It must be reraemberedj 

 in this as in every other remark I offer on this subject., 

 that £ speak oa the Ibxoad- scale .of .extended experi- 



