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for compensation to the full value of the beast, 

 both as butcher's meat and offal, which appli- 

 cation was granted. 



Judge, therefore, by this particular example, 

 how many tainted cattle there must have been 

 which have propagated this distemper, some 

 with and some without the knowledge of their 

 owners ; and, " horresco referens /" how much 

 of this tainted meat must have been purchased 

 and eaten by the public, since this cow had 

 all the appearance of health and vigour, and 

 the real diseased condition might not have 

 been detected at all, but for the experience 

 and sagacity of Mr. Tegg, the inspector. 



VI. 



In this consideration of the causes of the 

 contagious typhus in bovine cattle, we have 

 deemed it essential to invite attention both to 

 those which are generally recognised and ad- 

 mitted, and to those which, though they may 

 have been settled in the minds of observant 

 and experienced men, may yet appear hypo- 

 thetical to certain readers. 



Besides which, in every scientific work, 

 allowance must be made for the past and 



