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bring on one of those terrible paroxysms. The matter is rendered worse 
by the brain, during the entire period, being sensible. Every pain is 
felt, and the wretched animal has leisure to appreciate its agony. This 
is bad enough; but the torture is aggravated by the appetite of the 
animal not being dormant. Hunger still exists, and a sense of starva- 
tion augments the suffering. The jaw is closely locked. The creature 
cannot feed; but the presence of hunger is no supposition, for if a 
mash be held to the mouth, with a look of piteous gratitude the liquid 
portion is often drawn through the closed teeth. Hunger frequently 
impels the horse to make a desperate effort. The jaws are forced a lit- 
tle way asunder; a morsel is seized between the incisors; mastication 
commences, but cannot be perfected. The agony attendant upon motion 
forces the famishing creature to desist; and the poor horse is often found 
with a mouthful of hay firmly clenched and hanging from the mouth. 
The animal may have been conspicuous for its beauty. The harmony 
of form may, in it, have been united to agility of limb. The creature 
SHOWING HOW FAR AN ANIMAL WITH THE DISEASE IS CAPABLE OF MOTION. 
may have been the pride of its proprietor; but a few days of this disease 
will work a mighty change. The limbs are moved with difficulty; the 
body has lost all its undulating grace; and the flesh has parted with its 
elasticity. The master in vain seeks for the object of his admiration in 
the painful sight which he then looks upon. 
