1871 — iH8i. 75 



At the beginning of 1878, however, came a new- 

 trial for Mr. Bisset. While finishing the season with 

 the hinds on the Quantocks a hound was observed to 

 show suspicious symptoms, and the pack was removed 

 without delay to Exford. In a few days it was evident 

 that the symptoms were those of rabies, and the hound 

 affected, with five more that showed similar signs of 

 the disease, were at once shot. The rest of the 

 hounds were separated, and each chained to a box 

 where he could not reach his neighbour. The first 

 case had occurred on the 19th February, and between 

 that date and the 23rd of May six couple and a half 

 either died or were killed, it being now plain that the 

 disease was actually rabies. From the end of May, 

 however, there was no further case till the 12th of 

 July, when a single hound was observed to be looking 

 queer, and on his becoming worse he too was killed. 

 The pack had been separated for ninety-nine days 

 before this last hound was seized, during which time 

 the hounds had never been together except at exercise, 

 when every one was muzzled. 



Directly he was sure that the disease was rabies, 

 Mr. Bisset set to work to form another pack, and by 

 the beginning of the stag-hunting season he had got 

 together sixteen and a half couple, of which ten and a 



