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smell; no running with the tail between the legs, except when 
weary and exhausted he is seeking his home; no pustules in 
or near the frcenum of the tongue, 
(To be continued.) 
HYDROPHOBIA. 
The following Narrative of Occurrences was sent to us by Mr. 
,, King, Veterinary Surgeon, Stanmore. 
A SHEEP-DOG belonging to a neighbour was observed, on the 
7th of February, 1822, to deviate from his ordinary habits and 
accustomed controul: he would pursue the sheep as usual when 
directed, but not without evincing signs to bite them, which was 
contrary to his former disposition. His voice also underwent 
a peculiar and very remarkable alteration. On learning all this, 
his master ordered the dog to be put into confinement; which 
however was not done until the following day: so that the ani¬ 
mal was suffered to run at large among the various cattle for 
the whole of the first and part of the second day of his disco¬ 
vering such dubious and alarming irregularities. The same 
day the dog was confined he bit the shepherd severely in the ' 
fleshy part of the thumb as the man was attempting to admi¬ 
nister some medicine to him: the wound bled very little; it 
was bathed in spirits of turpentine; it rapidly healed, and no 
more concern was felt about it. 
9th. The dog died. 
28th. A sheep was bitten and died hydrophobic. 
March 2nd. Another sheep and some hogs were successively 
seized by him, and all died rabid. The shepherd now became 
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alarmed for himself. I ’ met him by accident, and finding that 
he had great confidence in the preventive effects of some me- 
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