different synonyms, i.e., Japanese farcy (Hiso), Pseudo- 

 farcy (Kasei-hiso), Equine Pox (Hoso), Equine Syphilis 

 (Kasa), Inundation Fever (Gogue Netsu), Yakume 

 (duty), Dekime (eruption), Inochitori (fatal), and he 

 described it as a special kind of skin disease prevailing 

 amongst horses and cattle, and states that the Japanese 

 farmers believe that horses, especially foals, must 

 in the natural course of events contract the disease, 

 but that having once safely got over it the animal 

 becomes not only immuned against another attack, but 

 is stronger and more robust in its constitution and con- 

 sequently owing to this fallacy are considered more 

 valuable — a common saying amongst Japanese farmers, 

 who have a pony that has recovered, is literally trans- 

 lated 'my pony has done his duty.' Mention of this 

 only shows how v/ide-spread the disease is in that 

 country. Formerly it was only known in the north- 

 eastern part of Japan, more especially in Sendai and the 

 neighbourhood, later on the disease gradually spread over 

 a wide area towards the south-cast, and subsequently it 

 was found in nearly all the provinces of Japan : their 

 statistics show a total number of 16,497 cases from 

 1887-95, ^^^ average of over one thousand cases per 

 annum. It is said to prevail in low marshy districts and 

 after inundations, also more in the rainy seasons than 

 the dry, and more in the cold seasons than the hot. 

 The ancient history of the disease in Japan is quite 

 unknown, a description of some form of skin disease 

 called sD or wu which appears to be similar to it is 

 found in some of their old veterinary literature, which 

 is mostly translated from the Chinese, but even then, 

 they (the Japanese) seem to think that the disease therein 

 referred to was glanders, which they state is very common 

 amongst Chinese ponies. My own experience in China 

 in 1 900-1 901 goes to substantiate this statement, as 



