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these sheep — " When disembarked they appeared to be in health, 

 and were sold by the salesman to whom, with other sheep, they 

 were consimed. We have not succeeded in tracincr the subse- 

 quent distribution of each separate lot of this cargo, but we are 

 assured that many of the animals continue well. It is, therefore, 

 evident that in this particular instance the malady was imported 

 from Denmark ; but this unfortunately did not prove to be a 

 solitary case of its introduction. 



" Within a day or two of the arrival of the ' Trident,' the 

 ' Mountaineer ' and the ' Princess Eoyal ' came into port, each 

 vessel having on board a number of merino sheep brought from 



Hamburg Some of these sheep — 507 brought by 



the ' Princess Eoyal ' — were sold to butchers ; others to farmers, 

 as ' stock sheep.' The latter were bouglit in several quantities 

 on 26th July by Mr. B. Weall, of Woodhall, Pinner ; Mr. Good- 

 child of Kingsbury ; Mr. Pittman of the same place ; and Mr. 

 Choke of Barking. These purchased by the two last-narned 

 gentlemen are said to have continued in health ever since. Mr. 

 Goodchild's sheep, however, showed symptoms of the disease 

 very shortly after arriving at his farm, their illness being attri- 

 buted to his having had them dipped or washed, for its tyue 

 nature was not suspected. That portion of the cargo of the 

 ' Princess Pioyal ' which was purchased by Mr. Weall consisted 

 of 80 merinos; and on the same day he bought 166 other sheep 

 of the merino breed that had arrived by the 'Mountaineer.' 

 These two lots were placed together, and subsequently, being 

 sent to Pinner, were equally divided between Mr. Weall and Ms 

 brother. In each moiety the disease showed itself, being first 

 observed among the 80 sheep about ten days after their pur- 

 chase, and from them it rapidly extended to others. Out of 

 those belonging to Mr. B. Weall, 20 died in the acute stage of 

 the malady, 27 more were sacrificed, and the residue was dis- 

 posed of at a low price." 



" 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 recovering." — (Simonds on Variola 

 Ovmcc.) 



The outbreak of 1847 committed great ravages in Middlesex, 

 Surrey, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and Hampsliire, and 

 continued during 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850 ; the losses from 



