132 THE CONTAGIOUS TYPHUS 



dering, on seeing the poor, lean, sickly 

 condition of some of these creatures, how 

 their owners could have been so mad as to 

 expose them for sale ; but in their number 

 there are a few which, although sick, appear 

 in good health to the common observer. 



About a fortnight ago, during one of our 

 visits to the great Metropolitan Market, Mr. 

 Tegg, the veterinary inspector, whose intel- 

 ligence and earnestness are quite equal to the 

 very difficult charge with which he is en- 

 trusted, ordered to be seized and removed to a 

 secluded fold near the slaughter-houses, a 

 dozen diseased animals. When once these 

 cattle had been thus collected in a body, it was 

 easy to submit them to a still closer examina- 

 tion. Most of these beasts, adult cows and oxen, 

 were lean, panting, feverish, dispirited, and 

 remained motionless where they stood. But 

 among them was a cow, with a brisk and lively 

 look, a quick open eye, which watched us with 

 anxiety, and fled at our approach every time 

 we passed by her. The turn came for this 

 cow to be examined. Mr. Tegg, strong and 

 handy as every good veterinary doctor should 

 be seized hold of one of her horns, but he 



