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restrictions, that anything of the kind should happen. That 

 statement did not quite remove my impression, however, 

 because I know the extreme difficulty which is found in 

 European countries, even with such a short frontier as that 

 between Poland and East Prussia in preventing smuggling of 

 animals." 



(855.) "So that trre view of the Canadian veterinary author- 

 ities is, that whatever disease exists in Canadian cattle comes 

 from Canada ? " " No, their vi-ew is that it originates on the 

 voyage ; that they have no disease of the kind in Canada." 



(856.) " You think, however, that that is an impossibility ? "" 

 " I think it is absolutely certain that it cannot be so." 



It seems extraordinary that two men occupying such im- 

 portant positions should have to acknowledge such want of 

 information of the topography and internal economy of this 

 country. Where did Professor Brown get the information of 

 " cases which came from the frontier ? " The fact is that no- 

 cattle can be said to come from the frontier for exportation. 

 It is well known that prospect of gain would be a sine qua non 

 of smuggling cattle into Canada from the United States, but 

 thoroughbred cattle are worth more in the United States by 

 twenty per cent to fifty per cent than in Canada. The United 

 States is the best, and almost the only market the Canadian 

 cattle raiser of fine stock has. The importation of cattle from 

 the United States to Canada is almost nil. Smuggling of 

 exportable cattle in numbers sufficient to warrant the risks 

 incidental to such an infringement of the quarantine regula- 

 tions is quite impossible. It would be impossible to drive 

 them by the roads, as they would certainly be seized by cus- 

 toms officers and detectives, every one of whom is a preventive 

 officer for quarantine as well as customs purposes. They 

 would not be carried by railways or steamboats, for neither 

 would venture to carry them at any price. 



The penalties in addition to the confiscation and slaughtering 

 of the animals is a fine of $200 (40) for each animal (section 

 39, Animal Contagious Diseases Act.) 



"If any horses, cattle or other animals are imported or 

 introduced, or attempted to be imported or introduced into 

 Canada contrary to the provisions of any order or regulation 



