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by a rabid dog which made its appearance in those town- 
ships, and after committing an immense amount of mischief 
was destroyed the following morning at the farm of Mr. 
Henry Alty, Black Moor Hall, Mawdesley. The animal was 
a small-sized sheep dog of a light-brown colour, with a broad 
band of white hair round the neck, white stripe down the 
face, white fore legs, and about three inches of white at the 
extremity of the tail. 
I add the above description, as many people may have seen 
the dog in other places than those hereafter mentioned with- 
out suspecting the nature of its malady, and may hereby 
receive timely warning. 
As far as I have been able to ascertain, the dog was first 
seen on the preceding Sunday at Rufford, from whence it 
passed through Mawdesley, over Hunter’s Hill through 
Wrightington to Welch Whittle, in which neighbourhood it 
appears to have remained during the night. Early next 
morning it was again seen at Mossy Lee, in Wrightington, 
and after severely injuring a sheep near Wrightington Hall, 
passed into the lower part of Shevington, traversing nearly 
the whole of the township during the day, and attacking 
indiscriminately every animal with which it came in contact. 
About four o’clock in the afternoon it again passed 
through Wrightington, by way of Anderton’s Mill, into 
Mawdesley, and here for the remainder of its brief existence 
its depredations were indeed fearful, scarcely a farm having 
escaped its visitation during the night and following morn- 
ing. In this township alone nearly a score of dogs which 
had been bitten by it were shot and buried 'last week, and 
many. others may probably have since been destroyed. 
Amongst the victims in Shevington were several dogs, a 
sheep, a calf, and a cow ; a horse belonging to J. Tayleur, 
Esq., of Shevington, was also ferociously attacked by it whilst 
at work near Appley Bridge, but, being seized by the hairy 
part of the tail, fortunately sustained no injury. Providen- 
tially, no human beings have been injured, although several 
have had narrow escapes. 
The whole of the dogs which are known to have been 
bitten in Shevington have been destroyed ; the other animals 
are under my own immediate notice, and will also be de- 
stroyed directly the disease manifests itself. 
That the dog was rabid there is unfortunately not the 
shadow of a doubt ; the characteristic symptoms of the disease 
were well developed during life, and a post-mortem examination 
which I made of the animal revealed unmistakable evidence 
of rabies. As a rabid dog, in the latter stages of the malady 
