OF THE OX. 189 



Mr. C. Temple, farmer and merchant, of Blakeney, re- 

 ceived on his farm 120 lambs which he had instructed a 

 dealer to procure for him for feeding purposes. 



"The lambs were bought at Thetford-fair on the pre- 

 ceding day, and were immediately sent by rail to Faken- 

 ham, from which place they were driven to Blakeney, a 

 distance of about ten miles. On their arrival they 

 appeared to be fatigued to a greater extent than ordinary, 

 which was, however, attributed to the heat of the weather 

 and the exertion the animals had undergone. 



'* In addition to this, the shepherd observed that several 

 of them seemed unwell, and he remarked to his master 

 that they did not appear to be a 'very healthy lot,' and 

 that he thought it would be better to return them to the 

 dealer. Within a day or two of this time the symptoms 

 of illness were more marked In all the original cases, and 

 many more of the animals had been attacked. On the 

 24th two of the worst cases were removed from the field 

 to the farm premises, and were placed in a shed for 

 treatment, in which afterwards a cow was put. On the 

 25th two of the lambs died, and in consequence of this, 

 and of the large number which were now affected, the 

 whole were brought, on the morning of the 27th, into 

 the same yard where the shed previously alluded to was 

 situated. There is also another shed, separated from 

 this yard only by some old furze faggots, into which the 

 cows were driven night and morning for being milked. 

 The lambs remained in the yard till the morning of the 

 28th, when having had some medicine administered to 

 them, they were returned to the fold and never came again 

 near the cows. 



" While in the yard three died, two on the 27th, and 

 one on the 28th, and on the following day two others 

 died in the field. From this time the disease went on, 



