HUNTING DIRECTORY. 95 



the Hydrophobia. 



The following are the progressive symptoms of hy- 

 drophobia : when a dog becomes melancholy, droops 

 his head, forbears eating, seems to forget his former 

 habits, and as he runs snatches at every thing : if he 

 often looks upwards, and that his tail at its setting on 

 be rather 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 be satisfied 

 of the approaches of hydrophobia ; and the only thing 

 that should be done is instantly to despatch him, how- 

 ever 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 extent of country, is incalculable, as he 

 spares no living creature. 



The following accurate description, from the pen of 

 Mr. Youatt, appeared in the Sporting Magazine, Sep- 

 tember, 1825 : — ■ 



*' The symptoms of rabies in the dog are the following, 

 and nearly in the order in which they usually appear : — 

 An earnest licking, or scratching or rubbing of some 

 particular part ; sullenness, and a disposition to hide 

 from observation ; considerable costiveness and occa- 

 sional vomiting ; an eager search for indigestible sub- 

 stances — as bits of thread, hair, straw, and dung ; an 

 occasional inclination to eat its own dung, and a general 

 propensity to lap its own urine. The two last are per- 

 fectly characteristic circumstances. The dog becomes 

 irritable ; quarrels with his companions ; eagerly hunts 

 and worries the cat ; mumbles tlie hand or foot of his 



