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completed in the stomach ; the food, partly digested there, 

 becomes wholly digested in the intestinal canal, where 

 there are juices necessary to its digestion ; the hot does 

 not feed on them, but on the mucus. I think the statement 

 of the French writer referred to, that " bots in a multitude 

 occasion sharp pains and prove detrimental to digestion 

 by absorbing the greater part of the juices necessary for 

 that operation," to be absurd ; and, in my opinion, the 

 author of such statement could know nothing about diges- 

 tion. I do not think the mare in question had been suffering 

 from inflammation of the bowels more than twent3^-four 

 hours. I see no link at all between the first and the second 

 attack ; in the one case, the mare had an attack of in- 

 fluenza, from which she recovered ; in the second instance, 

 she had inflammation of the bowels, from which she died. 



Mr. J. Rolfe Cox, M.R.C.V.S., Mount Street, Grosvenor 

 Square, Mr. Talbot, M.R.C.V.S., of Scotland Yard, and 

 Mr. George Wilhams, M.R.C.V.S., Wilton Road, Pimlico, 

 corroborated the evidence of the preceding witnesses. 



Mr. O'Malley was about to address the jury in summing 

 up the evidence for the defendant, when one of the jury said : 

 My lord, we do not think it necessary to trouble the learned 

 counsel ; we have quite made up our mind. 



Mr. Justice Byles : The learned counsel for the plaintiff 

 may claim to address you to see if he cannot change your 

 opinion. 



Mr. Digby Seymour : When the jury have intimated 

 an unanimous opinion, I feel bound to bow to their 

 decision. 



Foreman of the Jury : We are all agreed. 



Mr. Justice Byles : That being so, I think I may relieve 

 you from all responsibility, Mr. Seymour, by saying that 

 I certainly agree with the jury. You think the horse was 

 not unsound ? 



Foreman : Certainly, my lord. 



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