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their cords round a tree, which he dexterous- 

 ly effected, and then I caused them to be dis- 

 patched with a wooden mallet, used for dri- 

 ving tent pins. The dog keeper was bitten 

 in at least twenty places; some of them tri- 

 fling,, others, large bites. To the whole of 

 these I applied lunar caustic, and put him 

 into a salivation as quickly as I could. 



The ptyalism was kept up for fourteen or 

 fifteen days. He lived with me several years 

 after, and remained in perfect health. On 

 another occasion I had a small pet spaniel 

 puppy, about six months old, tied up in a 

 verandah, which one night cried out violent- 

 ly, as if something was killing it. On the 

 servant's running to see the cause, an hyena 

 threw it out of his mouth, and very reluc- 

 tantly went off. The puppy was washed 

 and minutely examined, but no injury could 

 be discovered. The puppy was smeared 

 over with slime, which must have been the 

 $aliva of the hyena. No idea was entertain- 

 ed at the time, that the hyena was mad, 



