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erect, and the rest of it hanging down ; if his eyes be 

 red. his breath strong, his voice hoarse, and that he 

 drivels and foams at the mouth, you may he satisfied 

 he has this distemper; and the only tiling that should 

 be done is instantly to dispatch him, however great 

 a favourite he may be. If at this period he should 

 remain at liberty, he will certainly leave his home : 

 he goes as fast as he can ; and the mischief that may 

 happen, owing thus to a mad dog breaking away, 

 and running over an extentof country, is incalculable, 

 as he spares no living creature. 



ANOTHER OPINION* The first symptom of the 

 hydrophobia is generally a loathing of food, though 

 dogs in this state have been known occasionally to 

 eat solid meat; they are, however, never able to 

 drink, though they may perhaps attempt it; and it 

 is well known that a human being, when attacked 

 with the hydrophobia, will be convulsed when water 

 or liquid is brought near his mouth. Also at the 

 very commencement of the disease, a mad dog has a 

 particular inclination to smell and lick the penis and 

 fundament of other dogs. For the first two or three 

 days, there have occasionally appeared intervajs oj 

 sense, and the animal has recognized his master ; 

 fllso during this period their eyes and tongue appear 

 much as usual ; nevertheless, the animal will gene- 

 rally bite every thing that comes in his way, and will 

 leave his home for several hours and return again. 

 A disposition to quarrel with other dogs is shortly 

 afterwards manifested^ and a total loss of appetite 



