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Mr. Pitman, of the same place ; and Mr. Choke, of 

 Barking : those purchased ])y the two last-named gen- 

 tlemen are said to have continued in health ever since. 

 Mr. Goodchild's sheep, however, shewed symptoms 

 of the disease very shortly after arriving at his farm, 

 their illness being attributed to his having had them 

 dipped or w^ashed; for its true nature was not sus- 

 pected. That portion of the cargo of sheep of the 

 Princess Royal which was purchased by Mr. Weall, 

 consisted of 80 Merinos ; and on the same day he bought 

 IGG other sheep of the Merino breed that had arrived 

 by the Mountaineer. These two lots w^ere placed to- 

 gether, and, subsequently to being sent to Pinner, were 

 equally divided between Mr. Weall and his brother. 

 In each moiety the dlSease shewed itself, being first 

 observed among the eighty sheep, about ten days after 

 their purchase ; and from them it rapidly extended to 

 the others. Out of those belonging to Mr. B. Weall, 

 twenty died in the acute stage of the malady ; twenty- 

 seven more were sacrificed ; and the residue was dis- 

 posed of at a low price, so that his loss probably 

 amounted to about £50. The losses of Mr. J. Weall 

 were, however, not so gi-eat. 



We examined Mr. B. Weall's flock on the 7th of 

 September, and found two of the sheep in the earliest 

 stage of the malady ; but most of them were recover- 

 ing. We also saw, on one part of his farm, a quantity 

 of Merinos which he had purchased about a fortnight 

 before those which became affected, and no sheep could 

 be doing better ; they had been fed on the same kind 

 of food as the others, and had made flesh very fast, 

 and not a single case of ill-health of any description 

 had been observed among them. These sheep had. 



