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deadly and destructive soil is an instrument 

 of incubation for typhus, not in consequence of 

 their peculiar structure, but because the. con- 

 ditions under which they live condemn them 

 to this fate. 



III. 



Now the breeding of cattle, and the feed- 

 ing and fattening of them for the market, 

 constitute a branch of industry a great in- 

 terest. They all have to be removed, conveyed 

 to various distances, and sold ; so that this 

 traffic becomes a new cause to be added to 

 all those which foster, develop and propagate 

 the distemper. 



In prosperous times, when the seasons, con- 

 formably with our wishes, have pursued a 

 course which we call regular (for we are fain to 

 believe that the planets turn on their axes on 

 our account), and when the cattle find the 

 ground covered with rich pastures, and limpid 

 streams conditions which are eminently 

 favourable in themselves, though in Hungary 

 it is necessary to add gum, salt, mineral 

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