CASES OF RABIES IN THE DOG AND SHEEP. 479 
On Easter Sunday a rabid harrier also made its appear- 
ance in this village, and, after a very exciting chase of three 
hours’ duration, was shot at Strines. He bit four other dogs, 
all of which were at once destroyed. He also came in con- 
tact with two or three more dogs, but as there were no indi- 
cations of their having been bitten they were not destroyed. 
One of the last mentioned was a large and valuable mastiff, 
which, on the approach of the harrier, “ picked him up and 
shook him.” In about three weeks after this occurrence the 
mastiff appeared to be quite altered in his usual habits, which 
induced the owner to administer a dose of laxative medicine. 
He is now, to all external appearances healthy ; but while he 
was suffering from the indisposition another dog (a retriever) 
began to play with him, and this retriever has since been 
destroyed, having exhibited some of the usual characteristic 
symptoms of rabies. I had ample opportunity of observing 
these symptoms, and as such will describe a few of them. 
Before doing so, however, I should state that there appears 
to be a doubt whether this retriever derived the infectious 
matter from the mastiff or from a black-and-tan dog which 
bit him a few weeks previously. 
I can get no clue where the black-and-tan dog came from, 
but it is certain that the retriever was bitten by him. The 
black-and-tan then began to run some hens about which were 
in the yard at the time, but the owner, having seen him bite 
the retriever, shot him. 
My attention was drawn to the retriever on May 21st, 
when I was told that he had been playing with the mastiff 
and had been bitten by the other dog. 
The day previously to the one on which I saw him he had 
been very dull at work, and had partaken of no food. I was 
informed also that he had been barking and howling hideously 
at intervals all night. 
Symptoms . — On my arrival he was howling, until the 
woods in the vicinity echoed with the sound ; but it was 
quite different from the howling we commonly hear. He 
would first give indications of being about to vomit, which 
were accompanied with a peculiar guttural sound ; then he 
would begin to howl. His bark was quite altered ; it was not 
of the usual deep resonant sound, but was husky and short. 
A copious discharge of saliva flowed from his mouth. As he 
was quite under command, and would obey when spoken to, 
he was loosed, and taken down to a small rivulet. On the 
way down he occasionally depressed his head towards the left 
side. He also staggered a little in his walk, and from time 
to time began to bite savagely at the grass. lie went into 
