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and, after following the track two or three miles, gave up the pursuit. In returning home, he came through the fields near the cover where the fox was found. A terrier that was with him whined, and was very busy at the foot of an oak pollard tree. This induced the man to dismount, and examine if there was any hole at the bottom, supposing it might be the harbour of a polecat, or some smali vermin. Upon examination he could discern no hole; but the dog was still anxious to get up the tree, which was covered with twigs from the stem to the crown, and upon which was plainly to be seen the dirt left by something that had gone up and down the boughs. He lifted the terrier as high as he could, and the dog's eager ness increased. He then climbed the tree, putting up the dog before him. The instant the dog reached the top, the man heard him seize something, and, to his great surprise, found him fast chapped with a bitch fox, which he secured, and four cubs. The height of the tree was 23 feet, and from the top there was a hole about 3 feet down, in which the fox had littered; so that the height from the ground to

where the cubs laid was 20 feet. There was no mode of the fox getting to or from her young, but by the outside boughs, and the tree had no bend to render that path an easy one. It was considered, by numbers of people who inspected the tree, to be a most extraordinary incident, and the cubs were begged, and three of them reared up tame to commemorate it. One of them the late Mr. Leigh had, and which is well remembered at Wood's Hotel, in Covent Garden, where he used frequently to run tame about the coffee room."-Vol. 1. p. 231.

Mr. Daniel has given a rather full account of the diseases incident to dogs, with a large catalogue of their usual remedies. In particular, he describes, at considerable length, chiefly from Mr. Blane's pamphlet, that affection which is called the distemper; and he treats at large on canine madness. On this last disease he has collected a voluminous mass of heterogeneous matter, both from sporting and from medical writers; and he has given the opinions of Drs. Bardsley, Darwin, Mede, Tissot, Rowley, Thornton, Arnold, and several other physicians, on the symptoms, causes, and cure of hy

drophobia in the human body. In this farrago we particularly notice the observations of Mr. Meynell, communicated to Dr. Arnold, and published by him in his "Case of Hydrophobia, "which seem to convey the most accurate ideas of the symptoms of this terrible disease, as it occurs in dogs. Perhaps the most valuable part of the author's miscellaneous observations on hydrophobia is that which relates to the practice and effects of worming dogs, though he evidently does not understand the nature of the operation:

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"The prevention of the direful effects of canine madness," says Mr.Daniel, seems to have been attempted in the early ages. To accomplish this, Pliny recommends the worming of dogs; and, from his time to the present, it has most deservedly had its advocates. Very strong proofs have been adduced of its utility; nor is it natural to imagine so easy and effective an operation would have been omitted, had not more virtue been attributed to it than it really possesses, and wherein it failed. The absolute prevention of madness was said to be the consequence; whereas the fact was, and is, that taking out the worm has nothing to do with aunihilating the disorder, although it will most certainly hinder the dog seized with it, from doing any hurt to man or beast. A late author asserts he had three dogs that were wormed, bit by mad dogs, at three several periods; yet, not withstanding they all died mad, they did not bite nor do any mischief; that, being determined to make a full experiment, he shut one of the mad dogs up in a kennel, and put to him a dog he did not value. The mad dog often run at the other, to bite him; but his tongue was so swelled that he could not make his teeth meet. The dog was kept in the kennel until the mad one died, and was purposely preserved for two years afterwards, to note the effect; but he never ailed any thing, although no remedies were applied to check any infection that might have been received from the contact of the mad dog.

"The compiler has had various opportunities of proving the usefulness of worming, and inserts three of the most striking instances, under the hope of inducing its general practice.

"A terrier bitch went mad, that was kept in the kennel with forty couple of hounds. Not a single hound was bitten, nor

was she seen to offer to bite. The bitch being of a peculiar sort, every attention was paid to her, and the gradations of the disease (which were extremely rapid) minutely noted. The hydrophobia was fast approaching before she was separated from the hounds, and she died the second day after. At first warm milk was placed before her, which she attempted to lap;

but the throat refused its functions. From

this period she never tried to eat or drink, seldom rose up, or even moved, the tongue swelled very much, and, long before her death, the jaws were distended by it.

"A spaniel was observed to be seized by a strange dog, and was bit in the lip. The servant, who ran up to part them, narrowly escaped, as the dog twice flew at him. A few minutes alte rthe dog had quit. ted the yard, the people who had pursued gave notice of the dog's madness, who had made terrible havock in the course of ten miles, from whence he had set off The spaniel was a great favourite, had medicine applied, and every precaution taken. Upon the 14th day he appeared to loath his food, and his eyes looked unu. sually heavy. The day following he endeavoured to lap milk, but could swallow none. From that time the tongue began to

swell, he moved himself very seldom, and on the third day he died. For many hours previous to his death, the tongue was so enlarged that the fangs, or canine teeth, could not meet each other by upwards of an inch.

"The hounds were, some years after, parted with, and were sold in lots. A mad

ness broke out in the kennel of the gentle man who purchased many of them; and although several of these hounds were bitten and went mad, only one of them ever attempted to bite, and that was a hound from the duke of Portland's, who, in the operation of worming, had the worm broke by his struggling, and he was so troublesome that one half of it was suffered to remain. The others all died with symptoms similar to the terrier and the spaniel, viz a violent swelling of the tongue, and a stupor rendering them nearly motionless, and both which symptoms seemed to increase with the disease." Vol. I. p. 159.

Whatever we may think of the style of the above paragraphs, we consider the facts which they contain as of great importance. We pretend not to determine what is the nature of the operation of worming; but if repeated experience shall

ascertain its constant, or even frequent effect, to be the security of the human species from that direful malady, the cure of which medicine has so often attempted in vain, the operation ought, certainly, to be performed, at an early age, on every dog. According to Mr. Daniel, “the Worming of whelps should be previous to their being sent out to quarters. This operation is to be performed with a lancet, to slit the thin skin which immediately covers the worm; a small awl is then to be introduced under the centre of the worm, to raise it up; the further end of the worm will, with very little force, make its appearance, and with other will be drawn out easily. Care a cloth taking hold of that end, the must be taken that the whole of the worm comes away without breaking, and it rarely breaks unless cut into by the lancet, or wounded by the awl." p. 202.

Mr. Daniel is quite at home; and 2dly. As a practical sportsman, though many years have passed since we partook of the pleasures of the chase, we have no doubt that the has drawn up, may be implicitly folample code of instructions which he lowed. These instructions respect fox hunting, stag hunting, hare hunting, coursing, and the pursuit of rabbits, martins, badgers, and otters, in the first volume; sea fishing, angling for all the various fresh water and river fish, with the construction of flies, nets, and other fishing tackle, and the management of fish ponds, in the second; and shooting the various species of game, with the breeding and training of spaniels and pointers, and the choice and management of fowling pieces, in the third. We could have wished that the author had entirely omitted the diversion of badger hunting, and we do not clearly perceive what sea fishing has to do in a work of rural sports; but, in general, this part of the work is well executed, and abounds with interesting anecdotes.

Among others, he has given an account of a sow that was trained and employed as a pointer, which we quoted in our last volume, from Mr. Bingley's "Natural History of Quadrupeds."*

Lastly. Mr. Daniel's digest of the game and other sporting laws, compiled chiefly from Blackstone's Commentaries, Burn's Justice, and (if we mistake not) from the Sporting Magazine (in the early numbers of

which we remember to have seen a very similar digest) appears to be complete, though faulty in point of arrangement. We had expected to find the author a strenuous advocate for the game laws; but were pleased at seeing some very judicious and impartial observations on this unpopular branch of our statutes.With a quotation from this part, we shall close our specimens of Mr.

Daniel's labours:

"No admirer of a manly, liberal, well regulated system of publick freedom, will be forward to assert, that the laws for the preservation of game do not require to be very thoroughly revised. They certainly depart more widely from the line of genuine, political justice, and expose the humble, unqualified classes of the community more to the hazard of punishment, and the oppression of power, than any rational advocate of moral equality can consistently approve. They are greatly imperfect, inasmuch as their penalties are infinitely too severe. That the punishment of death should, in any case, be inflicted on an act which in itself violates no rule of religion, justice, or morality, is a reflection from

which the mind revolts with pain and horrour. Where is the wrong to individuals that demands such an atonement? Where is the injury to society which requires such an example? That the act of destroying game is not malum in se, is evident; for if it were the legislature could not license it. Not only the want of true wisdom, but the want of common justice in these statutes, requires the most earnest and attentive consideration in those who administer in the government of the state.Every amendment, however minute, in the defective part of its legislative system, is an immense acquisition of strength to our constitution. It takes a weapon from the armoury of its enemies, and knits still more closely the union of its friends. Unwise laws are the worst foes of a state. It is the publick statutes that should perpetuate and keep alive the great principles of practical freedom." Vol. I. p. 295.

In a production of this kind, a great variety of style must, in course, appear; but we are sorry to say that the style of Mr. Daniel, as far as we can judge from what are given as his original observations, is considerably below mediocrity. It abounds with inelegancies, provincialisms, and even grammatical errours; faults which we should not have expected in a writer of his profession. On the whole, however, the work is certainly calculated to form an acceptable companion for the sportsman and the country gentleman; and it is rendered highly interesting, also, to general readers, by the numerous and well executed engravings with which it is embellished.

FROM THE LITERARY PANORAMA.

Instructive Tales. By Mrs. Trimmer. Collected from the Family Magazine. 8vo. pp. 290. Price 48. London. 1810.

A PLEASING collection of stories, in which the prevailing practital errours of the humbler class in life are reprehended, and the parties guilty of them are reformed. We cannot but wish that reformation were as easy in fact as it is on

paper; but, so far as our opportunities of inspecting mankind have extended, we have found a greater proportion than (as in these tales) one in twenty incorrigible. Mrs. Trimmer's purpose may, however, be best answered, in general, by de

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scribing the progress from vice to virtue as easy and pleasant, not as rugged or impracticable. We forgive the benevolent errour which seduces an individual into virtue. We commend the solicitude of the squire to improve the morals of his villagers, by giving employment and favour as encouragement to the most deserving. Not less exemplary is the humanity of his lady, in contriving to amend the tempers of the wives, in order to make home comfortable to the husbands. This, at least, shows an intimate acquaintance with human nature; for a man will naturally frequent most constantly that spot where he enjoys the greatest satisfaction. If that be his wife's fireside, there will be his abode; but if his wife's fireside be the station of torment, from whatever cause arising, he may relin

quish all hopes of happiness, but he will seek gratification elsewhere.Let this be formed into habit, and farewell virtue, comfort, prosperity; farewell the attachments of the heart, and the thousand tender ties which bind an individual to his own, with bands incomparably stronger than those of iron or brass. The affections are vitiated; on what can advice or persuasion act? This volume is extremely well fitted for the persons for whom it is designed; and we shall be happy to hear, that the villagers throughout our country emulate the example of the villagers before us; and that Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are patterns to our rural squires, and their ladies. The appendix, containing rules, monitions, and advice, adds essentially to its value.

FROM THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

Martin Luther, &c. i. e. Martin Luther, or the Consecration of Energy, a Tragedy, by the Author of the "Sons of the Valley." 12mo. pp. 380. Berlin.

IN consequence of the passion of the great king of Prussia, for French literature, the German poets of his time were employed to translate for the theatre at Berlin the best tragedies of the French dramatists. Weisse, in particular, with great felicity, transferred into German Alexandrine rhymes, several master pieces of Corneille, Racine, and Voltaire. The leading theatres of the country, of Dresden, Manheim, Frankfort, and Hamburgh, were cager to flatter the taste of an admired monarch, and to diffuse the celebrity of such noble works of art. In native productions, the German drama was at that time scanty, and the tragedies of the French were received with universal applause.

Criticks then arose, deeply versed in ancient and modern literature, such as Sulzer and Lessing, who

examined the theory of the dramatick art with more completeness, and with not less elegance, than had been displayed in the prefaces of Dryden, or the Poesie Dramatique of Diderot. Warned by judges sa sagacious, against real imprudence, and invited by fashion to lean towards French models, what have the subsequent German poets done? They have forsaken the forms of French, for those of English art; the patent moulds of Racine, for those of Shakspeare; the Grecian for the Gothick drama. From theory, and from experience, the Germans have, finally, awarded the preference to our native, northern, historick tragedy.

The unity of time, they find, is needless, and the unity of place is hostile to illusion. By prolonging the implied duration of the piece,

it

becomes possible to dramatize with probability, events of greater moment, interest, and complexity, than can be squeezed into the limits of any Parisian play, that is confined to twenty four hours; no one of which could unfold the conspiracy of Venice, or the usurpation and dethronement of Macbeth. By frequently shifting the scene, the spectator's eye is delighted; his flagging attention is aroused; and his imagination is assisted to wander on the wings of the words, and is silently provided with numberless instructive particulars, about the costume of the age, and the localities of the incidents. Where the course of the plot does not compel a change of place, the wise dramatist will seek pretences for repeated removals of his personages.

Unity of action or design, how ever, is, in the historick tragedy, of indisputable value; and the great art of adopting a fragment of history, or an individual hero, to this form of delineation, is to seize, in the event, or in the person, on the characteristick feature; and to direct attention with singleness of view, towards this principal point. Thus Schiller, in his tragedy of Wilhelm Tell, having undertaken to draw the portrait of a meritorious tyrannicide, keeps this aim in his eye, throughout every apparent episode; and introduces, really for a purpose of instructive contrast, the other and culpable tyrannicide, Johannes Parricida, of Swabia, whose appearance seems, at first sight, so needless.

The author of Martin Luther certainly possesses not the loftiness and pathetick force of Schiller, nor that perpetual concentration of attention on the main purpose, which distinguished the later productions of this lamented genius. But he manifests skill in the art of painting the spirit of the times in a short dialogue between boors, and in the art of characterizing eminent men with striking likeness by little significant

traits. His scenery, like that of Schilpicturesque effect, but for emble ler, is well imagined, not merely for matick operation on the spectator; and his dialogue, though much too dif fuse, has at least not the French fault of sinking into epic poetry; but is uniformly dramatick. Still his piece tires before it closes; and this defect principally results from a breach of unity of action.

bull, and his consequent citation to Luther's burning of the pope's Worms, forin the original points of interest. His heroick determination expect the fate of Huss; his danger to go to the place where he might while he was there; the collection of the votes of the diet; and the casting vote of the emperour, which grants him a safe return, constitute untired author, instead of concluding a complete series of action. But the his play with the rejoicings of the populace, on the discharge of Luther, proceeds to paint the reformer in love, and diverts his audience with a religious courtship of the nun Catherine Bore; which, though foe, is nearly as ludicrous, from the not borrowed out of the book of Deanalogous attempt to veil the desires of nature, in the forms of spiritual aspiration.

gedy deserves to be revived in this The composition of historick tracountry. Dramas, on that plan, are apt to be too long; but they might be given without any afterpiece; especially if the poet, as in this instance, would contrive a conclusion full of musick, show, pageantry, bustle, of Luther is interesting in all prosong, and machinery. The biography testant countries; sufficiently so, perhaps, for the transplantation of this very piece, into our own theatres. We, therefore, give an analysis of it, scene by scene.

in the caverns of Freiberg in Saxo-
Act I. Scene 1. Miners are at work
ny. They converse about the com-
motion which Luther is causing; his
father is one of the workmen, and is

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