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material. The next important symptom is one which is also 
considered most demonstrative, viz., an insatiable thirst, a piti¬ 
able craving for water or any other liquid, which is swallowed 
eagerly, the animal pushing his head, over muzzle, up to the eyes 
into the vessel containing the liquid, in his frantic attempts to 
quench his burning thirst. He will wallow through, and even 
swim across ponds or streams of water, throughout the whole 
stage of the game. 
The animal now becomes exceedingly restless and irritable; 
he wanders aimlessly around from place to place, having ap¬ 
parently a strong desire to do something, and not caring what, 
so that he is not quiet, seems to be afraid of being left alone, 
appears to apprehend some coming danger, will look wistfully 
and anxiously up into his master’s face, as if beseeching his aid 
and protection, then he will suddenly fall down and lick his 
owner’s feet, imploring him, as it were, to help him out of some 
impending danger, after which he will slowly rise and wander 
around the room, never walking in a straight line, but in zig¬ 
zag fashion, will crowd around behind chairs or other articles of 
furniture, and attempt to pass between them and the wall, 
knocking them over in his hurry. If he is confined by a chain 
he attempts to gnaw and chew it to pieces, if by a door he 
vents his fury on that. In this state he knows not the sensation 
of ordinary pain, as he will bite a red-hot poker if presented to 
him, exactly as if it were a cold one. In drinking, he will 
usually upset the stock of fluid, in his great hurry to imbibe. 
He will commence barking as if angry, at the approach of some 
stranger, then suddenly changing to a voice of joy and ecstacy; 
then he will whine as if asking for something, then change again 
into a melancholy, dismal howl, as if lost, or that approaching 
trouble was at hand ; then an interval of complete naturalness 
will pervade for a few minutes, and the same symptoms will re¬ 
turn with increased vigor, until the whole muscular system is 
wrapped in hideous, trismatic convulsions, which, however, soon 
disappear, and the howling commences again, which is readily 
recognized by an expert as that of a mad dog. 
