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spared, should institute assurance funds, and 

 take every precaution to secure themselves 

 against this scourge. In France, in Belgium, 

 cvi'ii in Great Britain, some places managed, in 

 1750, to successfully protect themselves by pro- 

 hibiting the importation of any foreign cattle or 

 animal. These preventive measures may now be 

 taken with some chance of success in certain 

 parts. Ireland, which, thanks to the published 

 Orders in Council, seems to have escaped up to 

 this time from the contagion, shows us the 

 effectual results of these sanitary measures. 



As for the districts already infected, it is of 

 the highest importance to send no more tainted 

 beasts to the different fairs and markets, other- 

 wise the distemper will spread indefinitely : 

 the unsold cattle, the sheep, the pigs, which 

 are placed only a few yards apart, must neces- 

 sarily convey the contagion everywhere. It 

 would even be necessary at this time not to 

 collect oxen and other animals together in the 

 same markets ; we urgently invite the atten- 

 tion of all public authorities to this most 

 important question. 



At all events, the farmers and graziers who, 

 after all the cautions they have received, all 



