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the cowkeeper were told that he would be remunerated 

 for his loss, he would at once inform the authorities 

 when the disease made its appearance in his cowshed. 

 Shed after shed was being now shut up, and men and 

 women who seemed to be affluent one day were the 

 next reduced to ruin. An illustration of this would 

 suffice. One day last week a cowkeeper at Pimlico 

 had 70 or 80 healthy cows. On Wednesday three of 

 them were found dead. On Thursday 42 of them 

 were sent to the market. Of these 42 three showed 

 symptoms of the disease, and then the whole of the 

 42 beasts had to be slaughtered because of the disease 

 being among the three. The poor fellow was thus 

 ruined. Last Monday he sent nine more cows to the 

 market, and these also had to be slaughtered. At 

 present the man was absolutely out of his mind. Out 

 of his 70 beasts, he had not one left. Some persons 

 were saying that the disease arose from bad water, 

 bad ventilation, and bad cowsheds ; but in the case of 

 Miss Burdett Coutts, who had had 40 head of cattle, 

 which were most carefully housed and attended to 

 particularly from the moment she heard that the 

 disease was amongst them all were gone, with the 

 exception of one cow ; so that, whether it was a want 

 of water or a want of ventilation which in other cases 

 caused it, this was an instance in which everything 

 was done that could be done, and yet the plague raged 

 and the mortality ensued. MR. GIBBINS, Meeting at 

 the Mansion House. 



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