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affection. Statistics prove that rabies is not more frequent during 

 the summer than in any other season. Again, this malady is 

 absolutely unknown in many warm countries, where Dogs never- 

 theless enjoy perfect liberty ; for example, in Turkey, Syria, 

 Egypt, Caffraria, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in South 

 America. This proves that the custom of muzzling Dogs during 

 the summer, and at no other seasons, is not only radically wrong 

 but barbarous, — in fact, more likely to promote than prevent 

 this fearful ailnient. 



Fig. Itil. — Havaiiese Dugs. 



Dogs are also subject to a disease called distemper, whicb 

 attacks all indiscriminately, and carries off more than one half 

 their number; this disorder usually accompanies the period of 

 dentition. It is an inflammation of the respiratory passages, 

 complicated with nervous disorder, and lasts from twenty to forty 

 days. Any one who keeps a Dog should not hesitate a moment, 

 when the malady appears, to place it in the hands of a veteri- 

 nary surgeon, or some other person of long experience in the 

 ailments of animals. Empirical remedies ought especially to be 



