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district, committing serious depredations among several 
flocks of sheep and lambs which, unfortunately, fell in his 
way. What became of him ultimately I have been unable 
to ascertain. As far as I can learn, he was last seen at 
Biggin, a village four miles from Works worth. The sheep 
he came in contact with were severely bitten about the 
head, &c., whereas the lambs, in most cases, were worried 
to death. 
On the 7th of May, Mr. Taylor, of the Hayes Farm, near 
Kirk Ireton, was sent for Mr. Cox, V.S., whose assistant I am 
at present, to see some sheep which had been bitten by the 
above-mentioned dog. I went with Mr. Cox, and on arrival we 
found one sheep in the first stage, and another in the last 
stage, of rabies. The first sheep, which never appeared to 
ail anything until that morning, was with the rest of the 
flock. She had forsaken her lamb, and ceased eating ; she 
had a wild staring appearance, and drove the other sheep, as 
rams do to try ewes during the estrum season, also riding on 
and driving them about : still, there was nothing vicious 
about her. On examination, we found the membranes much 
injected, particularly the one lining the vagina. The other 
sheep was evidently in the last stage of rabies ; her symp- 
toms were shaking and nodding of the head, champing with 
the mouth, wild staring appearance, giddy reeling gait, &c. 
For the first three days, her symptoms were precisely the 
same as those in the other case. The lamb of this ewe had 
died rabid three days previously. 
On the 26th of April, Mr. Ginniss, of Kniveton Wood, 
called us into a sheep of his which had been riding and 
running the other sheep about. Mr. Ginniss had confined 
her in a cart-house, with her lamb, which she rode and drove 
about in a most distressing manner. On approaching her, 
she butted with all her might ; she bit savagely at a stick, 
ran against the wall, and nibbled the mortar. She ate a 
little for the first few days. She continued as we first saw 
her for eight days, when she became giddy, paralytic, and 
died. Great numbers of sheep died rabid from the bite of 
this dog ; some we saw, and others we heard of. In every 
instance, the first symptom in the male was priapism, and in 
the female, furor uterinus. I am extremely sorry that we 
had not an opportunity of making a post-mortem examina- 
tion in any of the cases. 
On the 7th of July, Mr. Swindell, farm-bailiff to Mrs. 
Okeden, of Ashbourn Green, applied to us for an applica- 
tion for a lame horse. T he animal had been kicked by 
another horse in front of the tibia. For a short time, he was 
