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tation." He possessed bis great activities until the close of his days, 

 and frequently complained of the unthankf ulness of his fatherland 

 — an ingratitude which, notwithstanding his failures, is still dis- 

 creditable to his countrymen, for if Bourgelat deserves a monument 

 to his memory for what he did for France, Lafosse no less deserves 

 one for his services to the world at large, for none of the literary 

 work of Bourgelat equals that which has given a world-wide repu- 

 tation to the greater Lafosse. 



Other books, which have acquired at least a certain historical 

 importance, but which are of but little practical value, with a few 

 exceptions, at the present day, were the "Parfait Marechal" of 

 Solleysel, 1664, which was honored with translations into several for- 

 eign languages ; the writings of Saunier, mostly based upon books 

 which had preceded him; Diaz, in Spain, Von Zind, Newcastle, 

 Winter von Adler's Flugel ; Marx Fugger, on Breeding ; the " Foure 

 Chiefest Offices of Horsemanship, whereto are added, Diverse Medi- 

 cines not Heretofore Mentioned," by Thomas Blundeville, of New- 

 ton Flotman, in Norfolk, England : London, 1609. (Blundeville is, 

 I believe, the originator of the term " Poll-Evil ") ; the " Hippono- 

 mia, or Vineyard of Horsemanship," Baret, 1661; "Master Peese, 

 Containing all the Knowledge Belonging to the Smith, Farrier, 

 Horse-Leech," etc. ; the " Complete Horseman," of William Hope, 

 1696; "The Farriers New Guide," by Gibson, 1719; Snape's 

 "Anatomy of the Horse," 1751 ; and a very remarkable book from 

 Stubbs, on the " Anatomy of the Horse," 1766. During this long 

 period the Continent of Europe and Britain had been frequently 

 overrun with animal plagues. Interesting as a condensed history 

 of these invasions would be, it is not my purpose to enter upon it 

 here, but gladly refer those who care to pursue this subject to 

 the very elaborate work of Mr. George Fleming, entitled "Ani- 

 mal Plagues," where it is treated in detail. Of these plagues, 

 the rinderpest and pleuro-pneumonia of cattle caused the most se- 

 rious devastations, and I shall presently have occasion to quote 

 largely from the above-mentioned " Animal Plagues," from the 

 writings of three men who played an important part in their sup- 

 pression, but better still, in instructing the people and governments 

 in the means of combating them ; instruction which is as applicable 

 to our day as it was when written, over one hundred years ago. 



It is scarcely possible for the people in this country to form any 

 conception of the devastation and misery caused by these plagues in 

 Europe during the eighteenth century ; and not only these, but 

 plagues unknown to us, carried death and misery among the peo- 



