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great manure and alkali works, but we should have 

 been sorry to miss Conway Castle or Rhyl, or that 

 peep up the rich vale of Clwyd, with its black cattle 

 and scraggy sheep, its Cathedral of St. Asaph, and its 

 old castle of Ruddlan. The railway follows the line 

 of the sea-coast in all its windings, till it comes in 

 sight of the bold, rocky headland of Penmaen Mawr, 

 and the blunt surface of Priestholme or Puffin Island, 

 which is the very Bass Rock of those Western Seas. 

 Generations of fishing fowl have made it their fishing 

 residence since a Prince of North Wales fixed his eye 

 on the promontory of Penrhyn (head of the mound), 

 from which only a few miles of salt water divide it, 

 and founded the first castle of that name. The soli- 

 dity of his masonry still speaks for itself in a small 

 portion of the western side ; but he would stroke his 

 beard in amazement if he could rise for one hour be- 



charge from the nose, eyes, and vagina. They could neither lie nor 

 stand ; their legs and heads were never still, and their moanings were 

 sad to hear. They would become feverish, and then shiver like a man 

 in the ague, and their faces were quite lax and costive by turns. 



As they were very valuable stock, and Cheshire was at its wit's- end 

 in the hope of discovering some alleviation or remedy, the local com- 

 mittee consented to have them treated, but everything was useless except 

 the iodine ointment, a compound of iodine, mercury, and lard, which 

 was recommended by Mr. Lawson, veterinary surgeon of Manchester. 

 His object was to set up a counter-irritation if possible, and the 

 ointment rubbed twice or thrice a day on the chest gave apparent relief. 

 When applied in the early stage it seemed their only chance, but unfor- 

 tunately it was not thought of till some of the best had died. The 

 climax was generally on the fourth day, and those which died often 

 lingered on about three days more. One old cow of the Towneley 

 blood fought on for upwards of a fortnight. When the turn for the 

 better came, frequent doses of oatmeal-gruel were administered. Up 

 to that point they could not be got to take anything, as their mouths 

 were sore with inflammation, and they did not even notice water. 

 Countess of Barrington and Surmise were never so ill as the others, but 

 they wasted to skin and bone, and it took them and seven others (which 

 had all been treated with iodine ointment) several weeks to recover 

 their bloom. None of these nine survivors out of thirty-six were able 

 to carry their calves, but slunk them, a perfect mass of putridity, after 

 which they " came to hand" much quicker. Royal Agricultural Journal 

 (H. H. D.). 



