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Agricultural Report, 



became speechless, when the reporter was 

 sent for; death took place in about a week 

 from the attack ; and some traces of morbid 

 action in the brain were uaturally antici- 

 pated, but, upon inspection, none appeared : 

 the pancreas and mesenteric glands were the 

 only parts of the orgiuizatlon visibly im- 

 plicated : and the reporter thus alludes to 



conveyed' to Bartholomew's Hosi)i(al.* — 

 Both her legs were broken, f heie was a com- 

 pound fracture of the heel-bone, and the 

 lower part of her back was so injured as lo 

 make it surprising that she should survive, 

 as she did a week from the accident. The 

 particulars were gathered from the poor girl 

 while she lay on lit-r death-bed; who, upon 



the leading features of the case, in order to being questioned as to the motives which 



shew that sympathetic and secondary may could have induced sucli an unnecessary and 



often so closely simulate original and or- rash resolve, replied, " the fact is, sir, we 



ganic disease as to lead to misconception in were so frightened that we neither knew 



principle, and mistake in practice. what we felt or what we did." She was the 



Hoofing cough has been very prevalent; first to make the leap, and the young lady 



and a sudden translation as it were of the (Miss L.) followed. She was an amiable 



thoracic irritation to the brain, has recently 

 proved b}^ no means an unfrequent occur- 

 rence, — This fearful and oftentimes fatal 

 event ought to bo guarded against with soli- 

 citude, not by copious bleedings, for they 

 will sometimes rather accelerate than pre- 

 vent this fearful tendency in the complaint ; 

 but by preserving the stomach and bowels 

 free from irritating accumulations, by mode- 

 raiing the pulmonary excitement in a gra- 

 dual and careful manner, and occasionally 

 by the use of stimulant applications to the 

 surface of the body — which last may, when 

 judiciously had recourse to, prove derivative 

 and vicarious. 



and accomplished girl, daughter to a clergj- 

 man of the highest respectability, and niece 

 to a late dignitary in the church. The last 

 act of her life w-as one of filial piety ; for 

 she, with the servant, had succeeded in snatch- 

 ing Mrs. L. from the flames, to which they 

 returned in tlie hopes of extinguishing them. 



We are taught by this s;ul slory the impor- 

 tance of cultivating an habitual command 

 over constitutional feelings and fear ; and 

 the writer may take occasion further to sug- 

 gest tiie propriety of every sleeping-room 

 being furnished with ii rope of sufficient 

 length to reach the ground, and intersected 

 by knots, so that every individual could liava 

 recourse to its aid in the moment of danger. 

 This rope might be fastened to, and coiled 

 round tiie side of the window, by means of 

 strong curtain-pins; and no contrivance of 

 ingenuity could furnish a fire-escape of more 



Many who read this paper are aware of the 

 mslancboly accident which has recently taken 

 place at the residence of the writer. The 

 young lady who jirecipitated herself from 



the window of a high second floor room into simple construction or effective power 

 a deep kitchen area, produced thereby a D- Uwins, M.D. 



concussion of the brain without any external Bedford-roiv, Jan. 20, 1821. 



fracture, never spoke from lier being taken • It was erroiieously stated in some of the 



up, and died in about 17 hours. The maid jvublic papers tliat Miss L. was likewise cou- 

 servant was, by the advice of Mr. Abernethy^VByed to the hospital. 



MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



HE winter operations of ktsbandij vi-ere hitherto been very ample ; veal furnishing 



I . in universal forwardness when the 

 frost set in, and tome early pulse had already 

 been planted. Since that period, consider- 

 able breadths of beans have been dibbled up 

 on the forward lands. Upon the warmest 

 and best turnip soils, the roots have not sus- 

 tained very material damage ; on those of a 

 less favourable description, and generally on 

 cold clayey loams, Ihey received great da- 

 mage, having no cover of straw, and have 

 been since generally in a state of decay.— 

 Much the same may be said of the wheat and 

 otiier green crops ; on fine dry soils they 

 have receivefl no damage, on cold cliiys per- 

 haps very considerable. On an unfavoura- 

 ble soil surely turnips should never be suf- 

 fered to remain in the ground to risk a frost. 

 The yield of the last crop of wlieat seems to 

 have been beyond expectation, however va- 

 rious the quality ; nevertbeless fine samples 

 may, as the spring advances, advance consi- 

 derably in price. The same of other grain. 

 The iupply of beef, mutton auJ pork has 



an exception. Butter dairying is said lo b 

 giving way in a certain district,, where it ha, 

 long prevailed ; Ireland supplying us ulmos^ 

 entirely with butter as well as bacon. It i^ 

 reported from all quarters, that with a vas 

 quantity of fodder and provision, the farmers 

 ore unprovided with capital to purchase live 

 stock to consume it ; nor will markets allow 

 them toseUit, but at a ruinous loss. Great 

 nmnbers of farm labourers must be destitute 

 of employ throughout the winter, and must 

 necessarily fall on their parishes. The asso- 

 ciating fitrmers still persist in their grand 

 error of expecting relief from legislative 

 enactments on the subject of importation, 

 which it is obvious, bears no part in the 

 ciiusation of their distress, nor is likely so 

 to do. 



Smithfield: Beef.3s. 8d. to 5s. 8d.— Mutton 

 4s. t)d. to 5s. 8d.— Lamb Os. Od. to Os, Od.-~ 

 Veal 5s. fld. to 8s.— Pork 4s. Od. to Os. 8d. 

 Bacon 4s. Od. to 5s. Od— Raw fat 3s. 5jd 



Corn Exchange: Wheat 3ds, to 65s. 

 Barley 



