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London, Hull, or any other ports, and in obedience to instruc- 

 tions she put in for Hull ; at which place she discharged, on the 

 28th day of May, three hundred and twenty cattle seemingly 

 sound, and one which had sickened on the passage.* One 

 hundred and forty-six of this number were sold for immediate 

 slaughter at three different market towns, from none of which 

 has any disease been traced ; twenty were picked out by Mr. 

 Baker to go to Gosport for like use and with a like result. 

 The remaining one hundred and fifty-five arrived at London 

 on 29th or 30th day of May, were placed in Mr. Honck's 

 lairs, and sold in the Metropolitan market on the 1st of 

 June. On inquiries addressed by the Eoyal Commission to 

 the purchasers of these animals, they were all sound beef 

 when slaughtered, as far as appearances could lead such 

 judges to determine the fact. 



We turn for a moment to another lot of cattle which have 

 been supposed to have had considerable agency in dissem- 

 inating the contagion throughout England. Twenty-three 

 head of fat cattle were sent from Schiedam, in Holland, by a 

 Mr. Defries, to his son a salesman in the Metropolitan 

 market, which were sent into the market on 22d, 26th and 

 29th days of June, twelve of them thrice, the remaining 

 eleven only twice. The markets of June being unusually 

 dull, more animals than was customary were left unsold at 

 the close of markets, and sent back to the yards where they 

 lodged, which generally have sheddings attached, and are 

 called lairs. This lot of twenty-three were placed in the 

 lairs of a Mrs. Nichols at Islington, which adjoin the cattle 

 yards used by many drovers bringing stock to the Metropo- 

 litan markets. As the prices offered for this lot of Dutch 

 cattle were not satisfactory, they were, on the 2d day of 

 July, reexported to Holland. 



On the 27th day of June, a cow belonging to Mrs. Nichols 

 (who had at this date a herd of ninety-three, which, with 



* Prof. Oamovs (in Ist Rep., 102), says that this one was kept by Mr. Bttrohbu. on brandy and 

 water during the passage to Hull, recovered from the attack, and was sold for £11. As confirm- 

 atory of the opinion that these animals brought down from St. Petersburg had the seeds of the 

 Blnderpest In them, ho has ascertained tliata butcher at Revel was obliged to kill thirteen of 

 those that remained. 



