122 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



fiercely attacked amidst their seeming immu- 

 nity, and struck down in great numbers. 



" When I left England a month ago," said 

 the noble lord, "there were about 130 milch 

 cows in four sheds ; in the two largest and 

 best managed I found only one cow yesterday, 

 September 4th." 



The park of Holly Lodge,* which is partly 

 bounded by the main road along which pass 

 and repass files of cattle going to and coming 

 from the markets, was visited by the same 

 unsparing scourge. Now certainly, the noble 

 and beneficent lady of the manor, who secured 

 to her cattle every attention, and who, confid- 

 ing in the resources of medical science, at- 

 tempted every means to save these stricken 

 creatures doomed to an inevitable death ; she 

 whose enlightened mind, equally open to the 

 claims of science as to those of misfortune, 

 desired that experiments should be made 

 which might tend to throw any light on this 

 devastating malady; she, at any rate, one 

 would think, might have escaped the common 

 lot without exciting wonder or envy at the 

 privilege which she enjoyed. But this fell 

 * See Note N. 



