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On my arrival in England in the beginning of July last I made 

 particular inquiry as to the prevalence of this disease, and found 

 that it had nearly died out. Professor Brown then informed me 

 that he only knew of a few cases in the whole kingdom. This 

 diminution of the disease arose partly from the operation of the 

 regulations promulgated under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 

 Act, althougli they had been put in force in an exceedingly partial 

 and ineffective manner — partly through the usual cessation in 

 the traffic of store stock during the ■ndnter months, — and partly 

 through the outbreak having in many instances exhausted itself. 

 While I remained at Home I made constant inquiry with regard 

 to the existence of the disease in the different parts of the country 

 which I visited, but did not meet with a single case ; and during 

 the whole time I only heard of one outbreak other than those 

 mentioned by Professor Brown. 



Again, in August last I was informed by that gentleman that 

 he was not aware of the existence of a single case of foot and 

 mouth disease in the Country ; and on leaving London for this 

 Colony in the end of December last, he stated that there were 

 only two or three cases of the disease, so far as he was aware, in 

 the whole of Grreat Britain and Ireland, — that, in fact, the 

 Country was then freer of foot and mouth disease than it had 

 been for five years previously. 



6. — Foot ais'd Motjth Disease ott the Co:s^TiyEifT. 



This ailment is generally very prevalent on the Continent. It 

 was, however, less so than usual last year, and I could hear very 

 little of it either in Belgium, Germany, or Austria. There the 

 time of the Inspectors is so much taken up in protecting the 

 stock in their charge from cattle plague and pleuro-pneumonia 

 that comparatively little attention has as yet been devoted to the 

 eradication of this disease. 



IV.— SMALL-POX IN SHEEP. 



1. — Name, Histoet, axd Chaeacteeistics. 



This disease is described by Professor Armatage, in his edition 

 of " Clayter's Cattle Doctor," published in 1870, as follows :— 



" Si/noyiipns. — Sheep-pox is known by various appellations. In 

 technical language it is termed "Variola ovina," and in the 

 vernacular " Small-pox." It is the " Schafpocken," " Schafpoc- 

 kenseuche," and " Schablatern " of the Germans. In Prance 

 it is known as " Claveau " or " Clavelee "; but "Eugeole" 

 and_ " Picotte " are terms employed to denote small-pox. In the 

 Italian language it is called " Vajuolo pecorino." 



" History . — This affection was not seen in Great Britain before 

 the year 1847, when it was imported from the coast of Denmark, 

 and from Holland, and probably also at the same time from Spain. 



