146 THE CHOLERA IN POULTRY. 



of our nobility and gentry at their country-seats. 

 Also to Mr. Burgess, jun., a respectable poulterer of 

 Marchmont Street, Burton-Crescent, for much infor- 

 mation in his line. 



According to intelligence received in the latter end 

 of November 1833, the cholera among the poultry 

 had lately broken out in the Grand Duchy of Posen, 

 in Germany ; geese, ducks, and poultry of all descrip- 

 tions, seized by the disease, fell down suddenly, and 

 expired, evacuating a milky fluid. The colour of the 

 body immediately turns to a deep blue, and the liver 

 is always found diseased. On the frontiers of Poland 

 a murrain prevails among the cattle. 



