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then cut out the bitten part with his own hand. A 

 fearful wound \vas the consequence ; but fortunately 

 the dog was not destroyed, as ordered, and a surgeon 

 being sent for pronounced it to be a bad case of 

 distemper only. Had the dog been killed, our 

 worthy master would have been distracted with 

 apprehension for weeks and months. 



The life of a suspected dog, which has bitten 

 man, woman, or child, or other dogs and animals, 

 ought to be preserved, and his manner carefully 

 watched, to prove whether he is really mad or not; 

 and we are the more convinced of the soundness of 

 this advice from a case which came under our own 

 observation some twenty years ago. We bought a 

 terrier, which was warranted as having passed 

 through the ordeal of distemper, and when walking 

 out with him one day in the month of May, with 

 an attendant carrying our rod and fishing-basket, 

 he was seized with a fit, and bit our servant through 

 the arm in his attempts to pacify him. The man 

 immediately let go the dog, which went away at a 

 tremendous pace over the open moor, until lost to 

 sight. 



" That dog is mad, sir/' exclaimed our companion, 

 " and I shall be mad too within a few hours, or days 

 at furthest." 



" That dog is not mad," was our reply ; " and to 

 satisfy you on that point we must recover him." 



" I never wish to see him again, sir : let him go ! " 



"And let you fancy yourself going mad, which 

 you will do to a certainty, unless I prove to you the 

 contrary ? " 



