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the human subject, it is most frequently met with as the con- 

 sequence of eating milk rendered poisonous by the diseased 

 condition of the cow from which it was taken. Butter made 

 from such milk is still more acrid, and the flesh of the animal, 

 even when cooked, more strongly poisonous. It is fortunate 

 that the localities in which it resides are capable of being 

 defined accurately. Such places are carefully fenced in from 

 the intrusion of cattle. If animals be kept within their enclo- 

 sures until late in the forenoon, when the dew has entirely 

 exhaled, and driven home again early in the evening, it is said 

 they escape injury, even although allowed to feed within the^ 

 known localities of this poison. It usually affects animals as a 

 chronic disease, and they may not appear in any way to be suf- 

 fering from ill-health ; but it sometimes attacks them with great 

 violence, and rapidly proves fatal. Languor and lassitude are 

 among the earliest symptoms of the attack, soon followed by 

 nausea and vomiting, with great oppression at the epigas- 

 trium, and pain with a sense of heat and burning in the sto- 

 mach. The thirst is great, the skin soon becomes hot and 

 dry, the eyes are red and suffused, and, as some say, a peculiar 

 odour is exhaled from its surface. The pulse is little changed 

 from its ordinary condition ; patients recover slowly and im- 

 perfectly." 



The instances of longevity, are Mr. Farris, over 90 ; Mrs. 

 Tift, over 92 ; Mrs. Graham, over 80, and others. 



Religious Sects, Education.' — The principal sects are 

 Baptists of both sorts, Methodists, Presbyterians, Reformed 

 Presbyterians, Bible Christians, Universalists, and a few Ro- 

 man Catholics. There are good schools in this county. The 

 people generally are ambitious to have their children educated. 



Character of the People, Amusements. — The people 

 are moral and industrious. They are remarkably attached to 

 their home, and consider Walker county as the garden spot 

 of Georgia. The amusements are hunting and fishing. 



Roads and Bridges. — The roads in the valleys are fair, 

 but generally much cannot be said in favour of the roads. 

 There are two or three bridges over the Chicamauga river. 



Minerals. — Excellent marble and coal are found on the 

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