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she got better. I should think that was in April. At Chapelton, 

 about the beginning of June, a cow was seized, and treated for 

 inflammation of the lungs. She was put into a loose box, and 

 died about the 15th of June, and was buried. There was no 

 examination made, but two or three days after another cow 

 was affected, and put into a byre that had been used for feed- 

 ing cattle. Mr Irvine, veterinary surgeon, who is also local 

 inspector, was brought, and as soon as he saw the second cow 

 at Chapelton, he was suspicious. He said he would like the 

 opinion of another veterinary surgeon. Then we had a different 

 cow, which died in two hours' illness ; she was brought in to 

 milk, and was not quite well when she came in ; and in moving 

 her from one byre to another she died. A jiost-tniortem 

 examination showed inflammation of the bowels ; there was no 

 pleuro-pneumonia, but one of the lungs' had an encysted part — 

 something that had been there a year before. It was an animal 

 that I had bought from a breeder in the same county nearly 

 two years before. Mr Paterson, V.S., of Dumfries, was con- 

 sulted, and said that the appearance of that lung was that of an 

 animal that might have had pleuro-pneumonia twelve months 

 ago. The three cows had been standing together in the byre 

 for ten days. We said, " Would you wish to be satisfied as 

 to whether this is pleuro-pneumonia"? and they immediately 

 suggested that we should slaughter one of them, which we 

 did. As soon as they saw the lungs, they pronounced it pleuro- 

 pneumonia, and we took the necessary steps to make the thing 

 known to the chief constable. The two or three animals were 

 slaughtered — only those that we were obliged to slaughter. 

 The local authority met, and immediately ordered the slaughter 

 of those animals that remained — two cows, I think, and a calf. 

 Other cases appeared, and we telegraphed to Mr Rutherford, 

 asking if inoculation should be adopted. He replied he would 

 recommend inoculation. We telegraphed to him to come do-\vn 

 at once. Other eight cattle had been condemned. Professor 

 M'Call had been brought, and a calf was killed for his satis- 

 faction. He was present at the meeting of the local authority, 

 and said that eight animals were affected — other four cows and 

 four calves. These were ordered to be killed next day, and 

 we telegraphed to Mr Rutherford to come down, and if he wished 

 to inoculate to take the virus. He could not come himself, 

 but he sent his assistant, Mr Manuel, who took the virus from 

 the lungs of some of the animals, and inoculated eleven head. 

 They all did well ; some of them are living still. There are 

 three cows left alive out of the five, and there is one yearling 

 heifer left, and two calves left, the others have been killed. On 

 the 5th November following we took four of the inoculated 

 cattle and four others that had never been inoculated or 



