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tion have been smitten and struck down, and 

 the herbivorous animals more rapidly than 

 any other. The habit of collecting such vast 

 numbers of cattle in the same market, and on 

 the same day, though convenient for business, 

 appears to us injudicious, especially during 

 the prevalence of this scourge. 



This part of our treatise was in the printer's 

 hands when Mr. Simonds wrote a letter to the 

 Privy Council which justifies all our appre- 

 hensions. The typhus of the ox has been 

 communicated to a number of sheep, and we 

 must all expect to see this cruel disease assume 

 much larger proportions than heretofore, since 

 it has now obtained a second focus for its 

 maintenance and dissemination. 



" Veterinary Department, 23, New-street, 

 Spring-gardens, Sept. 25th. 



" SIR, I beg to report that, acting on the instructions 

 received from you to investigate without loss of time the 

 statement received at your office relative to an outbreak 

 of the cattle plague in a remote part of the county of 

 Norfolk, supposed to have arisen from cattle having been 

 in contact with some diseased sheep, recently brought to 

 the premises, I have visited the district in question, and 

 inquired into all the circumstances of the case. 



" It appears that as far back as the 17th of August 



