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every other marketable animal, e\i'ej)t horses. Glanilered horses 

 and suspected horses are invariably moved in wagons, either to the 

 school for inspection, or to the knackers, to be immediately killed.) 

 All cattle that had to be removed were tirst rigidly inspected, and 

 then conveyed in wagons, and put directly upon the cars; and bo it 

 was all over the country. Alluding to your remarks in the " Times," 

 on the futility of inspection when the disease is latent, a fine in- 

 stance occurred here, which our mutual friend Professor Dieck- 

 erhoff unraveled with his customary ability. He was called to 

 "\Vest})halia, it being rej^ortcd that a cow there was suspiciously dis- 

 eased. On his arrival the cow in question had been killed, or had 

 died, but her illness was said not to have been rinderpest. It was, 

 huwever, reported that another cow was sick, and this animal was 

 immediately placed under lock and seal, and the case proved to be 

 one of rinderpest. As the story is interesting, it may be useful to 

 relate it in full : This cow had been bought in Berlin by a butcher, 

 who was a Jew ; it was there inspected and passed, put on the cars 

 with others, and taken to the town, the name of which I have forgot- 

 ten. The other cattle were at once killed ; but the butcher having a 

 child suddenly die, the remaining cow was sent to a friend for a day 

 or two, for him to keep, and during the interval the disease liad time 

 to develop. Professor Dieckerhoff traced the whole affair from 

 beginning to end ; the cow was killed, and rinderpest proved to be 

 present. If this cow had been killed with the others, the disease 

 might have been spread without the real cause ever becoming ap- 

 parent, or brought to light. I have purposely refrained from saying 

 anything about the action of the authorities in these special cases ; 

 in the investigation of some othera it Avas my good fortune to be 

 present. Early one morning about two weeks since, Professor 

 Dieckerhoff sent for me ; it was just daylight, and, witli him and 

 four other students, we started for a village, about thirteen miles 

 from Berlin, where a cow was reported to be sick. I should state 

 that the Government keeps a very nice " turn-out" and four horses 

 for this purpose, and Professor DieckerhofF has this clinic (at pres- 

 ent he has charge of the school hospitals) — taking four students each 

 time with him, your humble servant going when anything interest- 

 ing is likely to turn up. "We arrived in about two hours, the roads 

 being heavy ; we met the local officers and proceeded to the sus- 

 pected farm-house, but did not enter until we had proved our right 

 to do so ; the house being guarded, and not a person allowed to 

 leave or enter the premises, but to speak or pass things in or out 

 through a window. I omitted to state that Professor Dieckerhoff 



