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had been bitten by a dog supposed to be niatl, whicli had been roving 

 about the neighbourhood, and he was advised to keep an eye upon him. 

 However, after the dog had been shut up some weeks, and no symptoms 

 of madness being evinced, he was placed in the kennel with the other 

 hounds, where aU went on well for some days. In the course of a short 

 time this suspected puppy was observed to have a most extraordinary 

 propensity for fondling upon and biting at, in a playfid manner, not only 

 the other hounds, but also his master and the feeder. He was imme- 

 diately condemned, and, being placed in confinement by himself, died in 

 a few days ra\'ing mad. The whole pack were shortly afterwards de- 

 stroyed, some in a most confirmed state of rabies, and the rest were put 

 away to jirevent the possibihty of their propagating the malady. 



I will conclude by declaring that I have never known a dog to be 

 really hydrojihobous where the disease had not been proved to have 

 been introduced from inociUation from a bite alone ; nor do I believe 

 that any other person can adduce one single instance to the contrary. 

 Dogs may be known to suffer under extreme feverish excitement, ap- 

 proaching to madness, from constipation, the eftects of distemper, or 

 from other causes. They may also be afilicted with brochitis, or with a 

 violent inflammation of the fauces, the symptoms of which I know, by 

 mine own experience, greatly to resemble rabies ; but to one who is well 

 acquainted with both diseases, they are as different as light from dark- 

 ness. 



