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from all murrain." It was further notified, that on the days 

 appointed for the admission of animals for exhibition the trans- 

 port to Vienna of cattle intended for the slauc/liter-house would 

 not be permitted by railroad, and that the conveyance ol the 

 cattle to be exhibited would be effected in perfectly new 

 >vag-gons. 



The extent of the last outbreak in Austria, its duration, «S:c,, 

 will be shown by the official report (p. 2^^). 



The facts set forth in this Report are so explicit that no com- 

 ments thereon are required ; we may, therefore, proceed to state, 

 that after leaving Austria we made our Avay into 



Bavaria, 



This country, in common with so many others which we had 

 visited, has likewise been perfectly free from the rinderpest, 

 since from 1813 to 1815 ; its outbreak at that time being referable 

 to the same cause as in Belgium, &c., namely, the passage of the 

 Austrian army into France. Professor Nicklas, of the Munich 

 Veterinary School, who had returned earlier than ourselves from 

 Galicia, informed us that pleuro - pneumonia was the chief 

 epizootic disease which prevailed in Bavaria, but that it had not 

 existed to any considerable extent of late years. The sanitary 

 iaws to limit its spread are similar to those in other countries, 

 being founded on the supposition that the affection is of a con- 

 tagious nature. Animals which have recovered from an attack 

 are marked on their horns with the letters ' L. S.' signifying that 

 they have been the subjects of the Liuifienseuclie, it being thought 

 that from the partial disorganization of their lungs they may be 

 the means of spreading the disease for several months after their 

 convalescence. 



With regard to rinderpest the laws are very severe, and 

 through the kindness of Professor Nicklas we are enabled to give 

 the following details of their provisions : — 



" During the continuance of the disease, no cattle, dead or alive, are allowed 

 to be brought across the frontier. Flesh, hides, entrails, horns, liair and 

 tallow of cattle, and bones, whole or crushed, of any animal, with their hair, 

 wool, or bristles, are also especially prevented crossing by the cordon ; as are 

 woollen cloths, scutchings of leather, feathers, farmyard-manure, hay, clover, 

 straw, and all other descriptions of cattle fodder. 



" When the disease occurs on a farm, the affected animals are not removed from, 

 the sheds, but the apparently healthy are taken to the quarantine station. Each 

 commune is obliged to |jrovide a station of this description, whicli is built of 

 wood and divided into two i)arts, one for the doubtful cases, and the other for 

 the supix)sed healthy. The Commissioners have the power of allowing medical 

 treatment of the animals, but the veterinary surgeon must remain in the qua- 

 rantine and receive all he requires at the end of a long jjole. All churches, 

 schools, and public-houses of the district are closed so as to prevent the cou- 



