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 patience of controul, and the ammal is with difficulty 

 frightened ; thougii in some instances again, the meek- 

 ness and obedience continue to the very last. This 

 is by no means uncommon, and, from the universal 

 idea that prevails relative to mad dogs, it is very hard 

 for some persons to bring tlicmselves to conceive such 

 a dog mad. I have very frequently seen a rabid dog 

 throughout the whole of the complaint, and to the very 

 last moment, never evince one disposition to bite, but 

 ^n the contrary has looked up to those about him 

 with distress and apparent entreaty. The parched 

 tongue has been eagerly carried over the hands and 

 feet of those he has been fond of, iind dogs in such 

 «ases have suffered themselves to be carried about 

 •with the same mildness as ever, 

 ' Many scores of dogs have been brought to me, fol-= 

 lowing persons quietly through the street, or carried 

 •imder the arm, whose total disinclination to do any 

 harm has never once given their owners the slightest 

 ■suspicion of the ?ea1 nature of their complaint, t 

 the more strongly dwell on this circumstance, that I 

 may open the public mind, and do away the fatal 

 jmistake that exists in considering those dogs only as 

 mad who are mischievously inclined. -On the other 

 hand, let not these remarks lead any one into a 

 fallacious fearlessness and security relative to the 

 'peaceableness of the temper in rabies ; for it must 

 he remembered, that it is not in every case that 

 perfect mildness exists, and that, though there is 

 seldom that wildness and fury the generality of per- 

 sons expect in madness, yet that there is in most cases 

 iSL treacherous disposition that cannot be too nmch 

 guarded against : for though dogs labouring undsr 



