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Symptoms of 



in his way, and at other times he diligently and perse- 

 veringly hunts out his prey : he overcomes every obstacle 

 to effect his purpose ; and, unless he has been detected 

 in his march of death, he returns in about four and 

 twenty hours, completely exhausted to the habitation of 

 his master. 



" He frequently utters a short and peculiar howl, 

 which if once heard, can rarely be forgotten ; or if he 

 barks, it is a short, hoarse, inward sound, altogether 

 dissimilar from his usual tone. 



"In the latter stages of the disease a viscid saliva 

 flows from his mouth, with which the surface of the water 

 that may. be placed before him is covered in a few min- 

 utes, and his breathing is attended with a harsh grating 

 sovmd, as if impeded by the accumulation of phlegm in 

 the respiratory passages. 



" The loss of power over the voluntary muscles extends 

 after the third day through his whole frame, and is par- 

 ticularly evident in the loins : he staggers in his gait 5 

 there is an uncertainty in all his n.otions ; and he fre- 

 quently falls, not only when he attempts to walk, but 

 when he stands balancing himself as well as he can. On 

 the fourth or fifth day of the disease he dies, sometimes 

 in convulsions, but, more frequently, without a struggle. 



" After death there will invariably be found more or 

 less inflammation of the mucous coat of the stomach ; 

 sometimes confined to the rugse, at other times in patches ; 

 generally with spots of extravasated blood, and occasion- 

 ally intense, and occupying the whole of that viscus. 

 The stomach will likewise contain some portion of indi- 

 gestible matter, (hair, straw, dung), and occasionally it 



