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worms, the poor brute's snout is eaten away, 

 poisoned by the virus when attempting to 

 scratch, and they must suffer awful torture 

 before they die. 



The hair does not fall off either on the 

 body or the brush, but as far as one can see 

 the coat looks perfectly healthy, save that just 

 over the affected part it appears rather rough 

 and the fur loses its glossy appearance. The 

 instant the victim moves, however, it is 

 apparent that something is wrong — the back is 

 arched like a ferret, and the brush trails the 

 ground. The gait is a painful hobble, not the 

 elastic bound of the healthy animal ; the eyes 

 are almost closed, and, if near enough to notice 

 it, the expression of agony on the face is 

 unmistakable. 



This disease soon prevents the sufferer from 

 foraging for himself, and, when the cubs are 

 deserted by the vixen, they quickly drop off 

 from sheer starvation. I have never found food 

 of any sort in the stomach of dead mangy 

 foxes, but water, as if the poor brutes just 

 before they died suffered from an unquench- 

 able thirst. 



When a mangy fox is discovered dead, it 



