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destroy the worms without destroying the life of the animal. I 

 have consulted several veterinarians, most of whom appeared 

 to think the disease in some measure infectious, but are not 

 very well agreed as to the cause and cure. Mr. Coleman, who 

 is perhaps considered at the top of the profession, advises the 

 affected ones to be separated from the healthy, and recommends 

 the smoke of tobacco to be inhaled, and to allow them oilcake to 

 eat ; he is of opinion that being kept in close stenched places is 

 likely to cause it ; but this could not have been the cause with 

 mine, which were weaned in April, May, and June, and have been 

 in the fields entirely. Some think they have taken the worms 

 from something which may have engendered them in the water 

 they have drunk ; but this could not have been the case with 

 those still kept to the pail. Others think the worms originated 

 from a fly, perhaps taken in with the breath ; and some, even 

 at the present day, are superstitious enough to attempt to keep 

 off the husk by twisting a hazel withe round the necks of their 

 cattle; this shows it to be a disease not much understood. 



I have understood the disease is more prevalent this year 

 than usual ; and, as far as I am able to judge, it will not only 

 affect the young, for I find several of my yearling heifers and 

 milch cows have the same kind of cough ; but it does not 

 appear to take so great an effect on them as on the calves ; they 

 appear healthy, except the cough, and keep their condition. 



Should any of your readers be able to furnish information as 

 to the cause, prevention, or cure, through the medium of your 

 paper, I feel confident it would be esteemed a favour by many, 

 but particularly so by 



Yours respectfully, 



George Colgate. 



Bi'ocMey, Lewisham, Sept. 22, 1834. 



[We have transferred this to our pages from the Maidstone 

 Gazette, in order to elicit the remarks of our contributors.] — 

 Ed. 



56. Copy of a Letter addressed to the Secretary of the 

 Entomological Society of London. — Sir, I beg to hand you 

 my resignation of membership in the Entomological Society, 

 and to state, that the reason for my doing so, is the appearance 

 of that Society's official attack on the Entomological Magazine, 

 in the Introduction to the Transactions. That any Society 

 should deliberately and officially attack a private undertaking, 



