On the Hollow-Horn. 77 



kingum. The Editor begs leave to observe, that 

 there does not seem to be any good cause to doubt 

 any part of the relation of Green. Some of the zoo- 

 logical facts which he has mentioned, maybe depended 

 upon. The Editor has seen a set cf the claws of a 

 species of Bear from the country adjacent to the 

 sources of the Missouri. They were, at least, as 

 large as the Indian traveller represents those he saw to 

 have been. The existence of a large species of 

 Sheep, in the same tract of country, is no longer 

 doubtful. This is probably the Argali of Asia. It 

 is, unquestionably, the Taye of the Monqui-Indians, 

 who reside in California. A figure of this animal was 

 published by Venegas, as early as the year 1757, in 

 the first volume of Notkla de la California, printed 



at Madrid*. 



The Editor. 



XX. Some Account of the Disease called the Hollow- 



Horn. 



THE Hollow-Horn, as it is called in Virginia, 

 and other parts of the United- States, is a very formi- 

 dable disease, and one which demands more attention 

 than has yet been bestowed upon it. 



This disease is confined, it is believed, to the ani- 

 mals of the genus Bos, particularly to the common 



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