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and conveyance of these animals, under con- 

 ditions so deplorable, must have produced in 

 their frames. 



Such are indeed the pernicious conditions 

 in which oxen may be, and often are, dispatched 

 to England ; and such appears to be the real 

 cause of the outbreak of the spreading epi- 

 zootia which we witness at this moment, and 

 which has created so much alarm in so many 

 counties of England.* 



IV. 



Let us now consider this contagious typhus 

 in its destructive extension over the British 

 soil; let us study and examine the causes 



* We are aware that the transport of cattle is con- 

 ducted in a different manner during the prevalence of 

 this epizootia. The account given by two German vete- 

 rinary surgeons of the management of the vessels of the 

 North German Lloyd's, and of the manner in which 

 the animals are treated, is a proof of this; but before 

 the appearance of the epizootia, the transport of animals 

 by land and by sea left much to be desired. This account 

 will be found at the end of this work (NOTE A); and all 

 documents in support of the facts which have served as 

 the basis of our dissertation, are also in the Appendix, 

 arranged alphabetically in the form of notes. 



