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was a chace, and while the vert was preserved. And lastly, in several old 

 charters that I have seen, of Roger de Mowbray, Lord of Axholm, v/ho lived 

 in the year 1100, relating to Hurst, Bellwood, Ross, Santoft, &c. it appears 

 that then all these places were covered with a large old decaying forest or wood; 

 as also all that low common between Croiil Causey and Aiithropon Trent ; and 

 thongh there be no traces of any sucli thing now to be seen, yet it is not only 

 plainly manifest that it was a forest formerly, from the roots found there, but 

 also that most of the trees which grew there were hrs : all which were only the 

 after-growth and relics of the large forest, destroyed by the Romans. 



My brother had a gre)hound bitch that had whelps; soon after, a mad dog 

 bit this bitch, upon which about 3 weeks after she ran mad, and they were 

 forced to kill her. But saving her whelps, because no sign of madness appeared 

 in them, in about 3 weeks more they all pulled out each other's throats, except 

 one, which escaped. At length perceiving that it could not lap, nor swallow 

 any liquid thing, the servants put their fingers into its mouth, and felt its 

 tongue and throat, but finding nothing wrong there, they let it alone a day 

 or two longer, and then it went mad and died. 



About 3 weeks after, my brother's servant, a very strong laborious man, 

 who had frequently put his fingers into the whel[)'s mouth, began to be troubled 

 at times with an exceedingly acute pain in the head, sometimes once, and other 

 times twice a day, so very vehement, that he was obliged to hold his head 

 with both his hands, to hinder it from rending asunder ; which fits commonly 

 lasted about an hour at a time, in which his throat would contract, as he 

 said, and his pulse tremble, and his eyes showed every thing of a fiery red 

 colour. Thus he was tormented for a whole week together ; but being of a 

 strong constitution, and returning to his labour in every interval, he wrought 

 it off by sweat, and without any physic. 



But one of his fellow servants, a young apprentice of about 14 years of 

 age, who was not of so strong a constitution, fared worse : he was also seized 

 with a pain in his head, was somewhat feverish, sometimes better, and some- 

 times worse, coughed much, eat heartily, but could drink nothing. " I know 

 not what I ail," says he, " I cannot swallow any beer," &c. and so laughed at 

 it. When he went out of doors, if there was but the least north wind, he 

 always ran as if it had been for liis life ; and when asked why he did so, he 

 said he could not tell — hut that the wind would needs stop his breath. A day 

 or two after this he was worse, and vomited an ugly sort of matter, like black 

 blood, which stunk like rank oil, but much stronger ; and this he did several 

 times; after which he would be pretty well, and walkabout; but most com- 

 monly ran as fast as ever he could, first out of one corner, then into another, 



