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that there are the greatest difficulties, if not impossi- 

 bilities, in finding any places near London in which the 

 dead carcases of diseased animals can be buried. In the 

 case now before me these animals were slaughtered 

 at the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and were then taken 

 to the slaughter-house in Kent-street, under the 

 notion that the owner of the slaughter-house had the 

 means of boiling them down. It appears that he had 

 no such apparatus, and hence he found it necessary to 

 send the carcases to Mitcham, the nearest place at 

 which he believed the carcases could be buried and 

 disposed of, and the neighbourhood thereby disin- 

 fected. Professor Simonds is perfectly sure that this 

 meat when boiled down cannot by any probability 

 cause the infection to spread. It was possible, but 

 not probable, that infection might be introduced by 

 the carcases of the diseased animals on their way to 

 the place where they had to be boiled down ; but it 

 appears to me, from what I have just heard, that 

 every precaution has been taken to prevent such an 

 occurrence. It seems that the authorities cannot find 

 a place within a reasonable distance in which the 

 carcases can be buried, and, therefore, they are obliged 

 to have recourse to boiling them down, as the only 

 alternative. It is right that I should add that the 

 conduct of Mr. Stanley, the inspector, has been quite 

 in conformity with the directions he has received, not 

 only under the Orders in Council, but also sanctioned 

 in my presence to-day by Professor Simonds. I trust 

 that this statement will remove from the mind of Mr. 

 Stanley any unfavourable impression he may have 

 entertained; and I will only add my opinion, that 

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