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the safety of the others. A second month passed, 

 and we then felt secure, although still feeding them 

 ourselves, and watching them carefully at other 

 times. 



Just nine weeks after the first outbreak we 

 noticed a young hound chop at his food in an un- 

 usual manner, and he was immediately removed to a 

 safe place where he was seized soon after, and died 

 mad on the fourth morning. Neither my whipper- 

 in nor feeder had remarked this dog's manner when 

 eating, and save for my presence and suspicious 

 supervision, the whole pack would assuredly have 

 been destroyed. 



I had, however, more serious cause of alarm on 

 account of the feeder, who in taking this hound to 

 the hospital, had most rashly caught him by the 

 neck, when the dog, naturally savage, turned round 

 and bit him through his naked arm, since, in defiance 

 of our orders, he would still go about his work as 

 usual, with his arms bare up to the shoulders. The 

 blood flowing freely from the wound, we had his 

 arm immersed in warm water to encourage the 

 bleeding, and when it ceased, made him suck the 

 wound until quite clear of blood, and then applied 

 some lunar caustic. The doctor was of course sent 

 for immediately, who approved our treatment, and 

 said he could do nothing more except cauterizing or 

 cutting out the bitten part, which he thought, after 

 the caustic, would be of little use. To make assur- 

 ance however, doubly sure, the part was cauterized ; 

 but the unfortunate feeder felt very much alarmed 

 about himself, though we did and said everything we 



