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History of A^iimal Plagues. 



It has been computed that, from 17 ii to 1714, no fewer 

 that 1,500,000 cattle died of the Cattle Plague in Western Eu- 

 rope. How many sheep and other ruminants perished from this 

 affection, we have no means of ascertaining, though it is a fact 

 that they suffered extensively. 



only serious affection among cattle of previous years appears to have been the 

 malignant carbuncle, splenic apoplexy, or anthrax. 



