18 RABIES AMONG THE ALBRIGHTON HOUNDS. 
post-mortem examination. I was thus engaged in investi¬ 
gating the nature of a case of chronic disease of the kidneys 
(the case is published in the June number of the Veterinarian) 
on the very day that the first hound was attacked, and, as 
such, I was requested by the huntsman to go to look at it. 
At that time the hound had a muzzle on; but even this 
constraint did not prevent it from dashing at the other 
hounds, and rolling them over like ninepins, in its attempt 
to bite them. Having elicited from the “first whip " that it 
was a most quarrelsome animal at all times, I advised the 
huntsman to separate it from the others, and watch it 
narrowly. I refrained, however, from giving any opinion 
of the case, for the very reason that Messrs. Cartwright and 
Hill had the medical supervision of the kennels. 
Besides occasional visits for the above-named purpose, 
I often pass the kennels three or four times a day, and as I am 
well known to the huntsman and his subordinates, an oppor¬ 
tunity is thus afforded me of seeing the hounds at any time. 
I think, therefore, that it is self-evident I did not gain my 
knowledge of the outbreak of rabies from mere hearsay. 
Mr. Hill goes on to state that upon the third hound falling 
ill no time was lost in communicating to the master the fact 
that, in the opinion of Mr. Cartwright and himself, the dis¬ 
ease was rabies, when it was at once decided that the 
pack should be destroyed. Now, there were originally 
twenty-nine couple of hounds in this pack, all of which, 
excepting the sixteen and a half couple which were 
destroyed in November, had, at different periods, either 
succumbed to the disease, or been knocked on the head as 
being incurable; and even as late as my first communica¬ 
tion to the Veterinarian , although I strongly affirmed to the 
master that the disease was rabies, and urged upon him the 
necessity of taking the utmost precautions, I could not bring 
him to my way of thinking. He nevertheless thanked me 
for the interest I had taken in the matter. 
I am sorry that the object of my letter should have been mis¬ 
construed, as I certainly had no intention to censure any one ; 
and as Messrs. Cartwright and Hill have fully confirmed my 
opinion of the disease being rabies, I should not have troubled 
you with this communication, save in the interests of the privi¬ 
lege of free discussion ; for if we cannot ventilate our ideas 
without giving offence to one another, I fear, as Mr. Hill 
says, that the time is far distant when one professional man 
will look on others as his brethren and friends. 
[We have considered it right to give Mr. Earl's reply to 
Mr. Hill's communication; but here the matter must end. 
