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hard macadamised roads, which present the greatest possible 

 contrast to the soft abundant litter of the byre. 



3. They soon become footsore and fatigued, and drop 

 down 011 the roadside from sheer exhaustion. If their drover 

 is humane or judicious, he allows them frequent rests, and he 

 drives them to and through towns at an early hour in the 

 morning. But usually he commits the double error of losing 

 his patience and temper, and of making no allowance for the 

 disturbing influences on such animals of the sounds and 

 sights of city streets. 



4. The poor jaded animals are forced to their feet by 

 repeated showers of Hows, accompanied by all sorts of hoot- 

 ings and oaths. Exhausted and annoyed, they are driven at 

 midday, or in the thick of the day's traffic, through the 

 narrow, crowded streets of such a city as Glasgow, where 

 they become bewildered by the novelty of the shops, the 

 omnibuses, carriages, and carts, by the throngs of people, 

 the incessant din, and the variety of noise. 



5. Naturally the animals endeavour to escape from this 

 confusion up bye-streets, or even frequently into shops. To 

 the cries of the drovers and the yelpings of their dogs 

 is added the hue and cry of the ignorant and excitable 

 populace ; the fugitive ox becomes to it a ( mad bull ; ' the 

 aid of the police and even of the military is invoked : the 

 animal is pursued not only with sticks and stones, but also 

 with lassoes and fire-arms, with human yells of the most 

 discordant and distracting kind ; and then, in certain cases 

 only, a 



6. Fury is suddenly developed, which may amount to 

 mania and is really of the nature of ephemeral mania 

 which fury is naturally wreaked on the first subject or object, 

 living or dead, that presents itself. 



7. That the mental excitement in the hunted animal is 

 temporary is proved by two classes of facts, viz. : 



a. The results of the escape of such animals from 



their persecutors ; and 



b. The occasional judicious action of man. 



The animal that caused the fatal accident (above men- 

 tioned) in Perth had comparatively easy access from the 



