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The first appearance of another outbreak was in 1878 when a 

 certain amount of mortality was reported, more especially in 

 the south of Scotland. This district may have been more 

 liable to attack owing to its having been less severely affected 

 in 1873. The northern moors also had not long to wait before 

 they were visited by another outbreak ; in 1880 a sharp attack 

 was reported from Moray, Banff, Perth, and Forfar. There 



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was a recovery in 1881, but 1882 and 1883 were bad years, and 

 after that there followed a succession of healthy seasons up to 

 the record years of 1886 and 1887, when a very severe outbreak 

 occurred in the south of Scotland. In 1889 there t was a wide- 

 spread epidemic throughout the whole of Scotland, the disease 

 being noticeably severe in Forfar and Kincardine ; the sickness 

 lingered through 1890, and broke out afresh in 1891. From 

 1892 to 1898 the country was never quite free from disease, 

 though the principal centres of attack changed each year. 

 Then followed two comparatively healthy years only to be 

 succeeded by further scattered outbreaks. 



