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noble cities that flourished in its time along the banks of the river Po, a little 

 way to the south side of the Apennines. In the other he explains himself more 

 fully, describing it to be near the Po, where that river begins to acquire a greater 

 depth : and as a confirmation, gives its name still more ancient than that of In- 

 dustria, viz. Bodincamagus, signifying in the Ligustine tongue, the river's being 

 deeper at that place. And our authors affirm, that even at this day the Po, above 

 and near Turin, is hardly navigable ; but at Monteu, after having received not 

 only the Dora, but the Stura, the Oreo, the Mallone, and the Dora Balteo, it 

 becomes much larger both in depth and width. They also take notice, that the 

 hill near the plain of Monteu is called Mondicoi, which they suppose a corrupted 

 remain of the ancient word Bodincomagus. They find also in the bulls of this 

 parish, that the parochial church is called Sancti Joannis Baptistae de Lustria ; 

 which they conjecture may, by length of time, have been fonned from the an- 

 cient name Industria. 



From all these circumstances put together, they seem confident of their hav- 

 ing discovered the real spot where this ancient city stood ; and bring several 

 reasons to prove, that Casal cannot possibly be the place, as some writers have 

 imagined ; and in order to show more fully the grandeur, magnificence, and 

 antiquity, of this ancient city, they add several other inscriptions found at the 

 same place. » '' . 



Further Observations on the Distemper now raging among the Cow-kind. By 

 Dr. Cr. Mortimer. N° 477, P- 549. 



Since his former paper on this subject. Dr. M. had opportunities of being 

 present when 3 cows had been flayed and opened ; the lungs in all were inflamed 

 and blistered, and the guts in some places inflamed, in others livid, the gall- 

 bladders exceedingly large : a collar-maker's man, who has been assisting in flay- 

 ing above a hundred dead cows, assured him these were the general appearances 

 in them all ; except that in one he met with a large bag full of corruption, be- 

 tween the bag inclosing the heart and the back bone ; in another he found the 

 gall-bladder quite contracted and shrivelled up, having little or no gall in it ; and 

 in several he found scirrhous knobs in the livers. 



Nov. 26. Dr. M. desired Mr. Hill, an ingenious apothecary in Westmin- 

 ster, to accompany him to see a cow dissected, and to help in examining every 

 thing very carefully, having got her drawn into a shed, to defend him from the 

 weather. 



When the skin was taken off, she appeared very fat ; the muscles looked of a 

 darker colour than usual. On opening the abdomen, the caul appeared very 

 fat ; the paunch was greatly distended ; on making a puncture, much air gushed 

 out : it had in it a great deal of food ; the inside looked well, and did not peel : 



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