Behaviour of Rabid Dog. 159 
This symptom is especially dangerous, as it usually precedes 
the violent stages of the disease, in which the animal is 
disposed to wander and bite.. (6) Dread of. water is, in the 
dog, no indication whatever of rabies, neither is its absence 
any guarantee of safety. It may possibly be observed, but 
as a rule the creature drinks with ease. Now, of the above 
symptoms, any one is sufficient to arouse grave suspicion, 
though hardly to call for the immediate destruction of the 
dog; and although warning is given two or three days before 
he becomes violent, he may “snack” at a moment when least 
expected. At the first signal of ‘danger, he should therefore 
be placed in strict quarantine for a fortnight, and during 
this time no person or animal should be allowed within his 
reach. If, at the expiration of that period, he be quite well, 
he may be set at liberty; but, if further symptoms develop, 
he must be killed. Considering the terrible, and at present 
incurable, nature of. the disease when once it shows itself 
in the human subject, it is plainly the duty of every man, 
alike to himself, his household, and the public, to observe 
these simple rules, and put them into practice when occasion 
demands; and if it were generally done, I venture to pre- 
dict that hydrophobia would soon be heard of only as a 
grim curiosity of the past—_R. H. Jupz (D.8c., F.C.S., &c.).” 
In many cases, there is no suspicion of the presence of 
the disease until the dog bites. Thus “M. D.” writes to 
the Daily News: “Not long ago, a pet dog became ill, with 
symptoms which were at least very suggestive of rabies. 
Their nature was not suspected, and after the animal had 
bitten a child of the family, it was sedulously nursed, and 
actually died in its mistress’s lap. The child subsequently 
died of hydrophobia.” 
Even with such full practical knowledge of the disease 
as is possessed by Mr. Hugh Dalziel, the well-known show 
judge, and for years the canine critic of the Field, the 
greatest risk may be incurred in circumstances giving rise to 
scarcely any suspicion of its presence. His Skye terrier bitch 
