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ever, M. Pasteur should not forget that the Tar- 

 pean rock is close to the Capitol." 



On June 2nd the crowd again assembled to wit- 

 ness the results. As Radot remarks, "When Pas- 

 teur arrived at 2 o'clock in the afternoon at the 

 farmyard of Pouilly le Fort, accompanied by his 

 young collaborators, a murmur arose which soon 

 became a burst of applause ending in loud excla- 

 mations from all lips. Delegates from the Agri- 

 cultural Society of Melun, from medical societies 

 and veterinary societies, representatives from the 

 Central Council of Seine et Marne, journalists, 

 small farmers who had been influenced in diverse 

 ways by laudatory or injurious newspaper articles 

 and who were in doubt whether to accept or deny 

 a great discovery — all were there. The carcasses 

 of 22 unvaccinated sheep were lying side by side; 

 two others were dying; the last of the sacrificed 

 lot still living presented all the characteristic 

 signs of anthrax. All of the vaccinated sheep 

 were in perfect health. The cows which were un- 

 protected by vaccination were all showing severe 

 symptoms of splenic fever. In the vaccinated 

 cows there was not even an elevation of tempera- 

 ture and their appetite seemed unimpaired." 



The conclusiveness of the experiment could not 



