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had made its appearance. Only tvvo of the horfes attacked 

 by the difeafe efcaped. The peafants had fcarlfied all the 

 tamours with a red-hot iron, but v/ithout any benefit, though 

 that procefs had been forviceable on former occafions. The 

 difeafed cattle were able to walk about till the laft moment. 



" On receiving this information I ordered the ftaroft: to 

 bring us the difeafed cattle; and we refolved, inRead of fca- 

 rifying the tumours, that fetons flinuld be put into their 

 breads, that they fliould be driven about till they perfpired, 

 and that they Ihould then be curried and carefully rubbed 

 down. This, however, was not attended with the defired 

 effeft. On the 7th of Auguft one of the horfes died in the 

 llelds with a tumour on his brcafi. But this was the laft : 

 the cool wet weather which now took place contributed in a 

 great meafure to put an end to the malady ; and we returned 

 on the nth of Auguft. 



" The great heat of the fummer in the year 1766 occa-^ 

 Coned a mortality among the cattle in feveral places, but 

 chiefly in the neighbourhood of Petcrfourgh. One-halYof 

 the oxen died ; all of them were attacked with a kind of glan- 

 ders and fore eyes^ They generally died in the courfe of three 

 days. On account of this difeafe I was obliged to proceed to 

 the eftatc of prince Orlow, at Schunderov\ Ilea Muifa, fourteen 

 werfts from Krafnoi Zelo, accompanied by a furgeon and 

 feveral foldiers. This place is fituated at the diftance of 

 eiglit werfts from Goreloi Kabak, on a confiderable emi- 

 nence, from which the capital may be feen. I was informed 

 by the bailiff on the eftate, that twelve horfes had died, all 

 with tumours on the breaft and fcrotum, in the courfe of a 

 few hours. Two horfes and three cows died during my ftay 

 in the place. The preceding winter, the itch had attacked 

 a great many of the horfes ; all of whom the baililT, with the 

 count's confent, had caufed to be fliot. 



" On the 13th I was informed by the ftaroft, that at the 

 diftance of (ix werfts, two coa's out of twelve, belonging to ai 

 farmer, had died fuddenly without any external fymptoms of 

 difeafe, and that the farmer's wife had at the fame time tu- 

 mours on her head. Though I received this information in- 

 the evening, I immediately proceeded thither; but did not 



find 



