THE GARDENERS' CHRON ICLE AND аад LTUR AL. GAZE TTE 829 
ES mui made 4l. per head, while На рру if its hiefly, 
fot de made 62s. 6d. per head ; the general average hor. Like allother cc tmn sii ll ue not nicis УАН ы us раф they play in 
i virtue of the ter crible gift of communicability, the | тищ the Per Itis most likely in virtue of germs 
being 's Annual Sale comprised upwards of d of migration. derived from the same pathological source, that men 
ch as were never before ОЛАМ ed rade and war, t those two inexorable tyranta, are the | oxe n themselyes uniufected— horses, pien, y dogs, 
tozetber and it is no mean сорлар to "^ а reece, chief й by which it is disseminated. In the ry, and other animals, сеа and w 
W ure the sales were con nducted i 1 thé ost able | cou e of ordina реги vast дер iem -ara ainis fnt the same function. Flooded with pe Er 
pner, and to w markets of t 
P shropebires " » their present Sd ів in a great | often tl with Meo. a germs Di the | are e kept, it is easily Н that persons visiting 
be entrusted with "n ti thes ‚апа with such | them may carry away in their shoes and in other ways 
to 
large hor so valuable a lot of shee were ambe rapidity ^ tle 2 P that, pae " single case of enough of infection. 5. Ee 96 soil Ыф — places, 
si by him at Shrewsbury. Messrs. авина lot of 30 | Cattle Plague, great outbreaks "often spring, which, i way ctors, m 
showed great seale and charac r. They were|a few months, spread over whole principalities, and | | lastly farmers, curious about the m fatal pes 
Nobleman,” “ Chieftain? and * Jack. The | count their victims by tens of thousan: which has stricken their одг ehem may 0 die 
th Royal prize ram was let for 28 guineas, the E e actual onset of the disease is marked by the|become, as on the Continent they are known to be, 
pamatne a i f the lot being nearly 16 guineas each. | constant and well-known signs of m disturbance | unconscious bearers ub it. 
The R ко x ir ad pow sent seven capital which ж in all the cont agio us fi Rigouror| Un - we have an eye to it in time, many of the 
dep; N , меге v Aero to the | shivering, followed by an ine rease in t the e temperature modes г tranaraission here indicated are likely to 
ddes ES t сетив T o gui aptain | of the po y. frequent pulse, n spreading the pest. A priori, 
Broughton, Howbeck i Nantwich, — w^. lat ter | the powers of life, are the leading and familiar signs. it would seem certain that the disease must be dissemi- 
3 to Messrs. Crane, of Piramardine, A e coat is stark; 2 ея is refused the intestine and 
Bm the flock of Mr. J. Evans, of|end б s Toy hours, a mination finn nally ce ceases. | the nostril, and by exhalations from them, Ао gh 
тей perhaps greater uniformity | The plague-stric| des 2, landing with its etes the view "до oes not appear to have presented i sit 
“ and type than any on the ground. hl; "its head hanging down, its ears lopped, and its ёо any of the scientific men who um written о 
The first ram sold fetched 23 guineas, the lot averaging | legs gatbered КУРЫЛЫ e body, presenta, to those who d I vtae M of its truth is bs 
шет 15 guineas. Mr. Maddox, of Harley, sent a grand | kno w oy Sen such signs, an unmistakeable | wan n their works. Take, among others, the very 
iwoshear ram, which was pupa at 26 guineas, -— of fa "n ess. Transient quiverings of t} g 
fr E. Hol'and, Esq., of mbleton. Mr. dni pally about the neck and shoulders, raziak in conveying the contagion, 
г абса - attracted соев ру The betray already the severity of t As we shall see dare however, on other grounds, 
splendid zə sheep in the "p e class at the| The animal looks dull and disp t p w 
Went Plymouth. Royal was let to Mr. Minor at iris and, when made to iem. weis rur uu Ав the discharges are liquid, t! their first effect must 
ihe sum of 42 guineas. Мг. Thornton's bh. VR Re weakness. In the milch cow, the secretion of milk at | be to € S soil on which the pa tient stands. In 
of 15, which averaged nearly 15 7gui Mr. | once иж the e same way they Wire ship, the wharf, the cattle- 
Horton showed a capital lot of EE е In some few cases, the bowels t first t k, the ЕТ road, and the market. 
a twoshear гат being let to J. Sheldon, Esq., of|buti f a fi 55 In „the country, taking the line of watershed, it 
Brailes House, Warwickshire, for 36 guineas; and | r on hes second day at the latest, di 
another was let E 21 guineas. The lot averaged over pe nd the discharges, becoming more and more profuse, | like those of cholera and of human typhoid, contami- 
guineas, усе ‘В. included his апа at last dyse Tapia plainly show on "i si ce | nate the drinkin ое те, which, when in the form of 
den ed ram, * Lord Clifden," which, in |t the malady finds chief outward develop The siad running streams, may, in its turn, become the 
opin d t ace | 
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evacuations are more ог less fuid, ofa dirty e ae means of carrying the disease to distant spots. The 
е у Sometimes blood-stained; have a peculiar sour smell ; mene of contine: - observers does seem to 
The lot averaged Anony A guneen pmi. and, on minute examin: nation, a ге found to be cha rged | h e been called rd mode of transmission; but 
2 PES Pennat. piros the p er of | with fl d intesti ja pte sicians here уг acquainted hey the evi- 
. Mr. Thomas Мше 8 К E | the drain me the bowels е the loss of power| pues collected Ad itu in gm ry he two human 
d e on the card, but makes rapid progress. The tail has lost its native diseases just named, will easily see how it may often 
before the lst prize ai ^ was Ж 98. іп EnA time, flies, busy in 
brought into the ring. This ex We bey. 'animal | work o y tor warm upon the hide, undis| In'the town dairy, on the other hand, these dis- 
was stili suffering from the lameness which told so d M па onoo qne member. arges ы. distributed by the sewer. In certain 
much against him at Ser though much better.| In mali t cases, the discharges become invo- districte of London, for many weeks ‚ past, the se тоа 
This defec& operated inst his sale, and he was|lun 
Yoceked if for the ines sum of 25 коме е а ed. we kno ai mode of dissemination in "the 
warranted sound by Mr. Mansell, to Mr. Pryce Bow At an early period—sometimes, as I have myself ia fev species, 16 is more than 
Tie 3d-prize ram, “Earl of Plymouth," by the seen, at the very outset—a mucous fluid weeps in IM al Hori боа this source, finding their 
sme sre, found more favour, and after a spirited | abundance коң ag oyes and aop strils. Trans sparen nt at y thro appe ed drains, may carry the cattie 
Umpeülion was let to the Hon. Colonel Pennant | first, this n becomes laden wi with it. 
at 38 guineas. The average of the lot was 18 guineas. flakes, d A = гав. а is sag tirely "die As the e tically, ка greater part of the poison а east of by 
The first lot brought into the ring at the ewe sale was | disease advances, this ill-conditioned stuff stands in |the infected animal takes the form of man This 
the five Ist prize shearling ewes of Messrs. Crane. | | viscid pools s ben ы e head of the patient. With |being o" all —— men must | be Wion Vo ное 
These splendid sheep attracted much notice, and i he catarrhal condition to the throat what ! s be come all the cattle plague. manure 
much admired for their symmetry and true character. and windpipe, A sets in, t two 
tn 
They were very quickly sold to Mr. D. R. Davies, of | more or less hurried and embarrassed. Under these жоо. t be true, as many fear, tha — wi it 
Mere Old Hall, Cheshire, for 10 guineas each. The circumstances, the act of анте is attended by a | h: re cdd p^ taken into the country to be read 
келй of show ewes made 5 guineas each, the | peculiar rough moan, which has appeared to myself to | over the land, the results may I 
tle averaging over4/, Mr. ed we displayed | be very Make dcc | ha ave rire reason to know that no ine. hd 2n 
sme uniformity of rjr cter rams. 'lhe| The tempera гын ure of the body, which at fi t t (August 5th) a load of ma which 
qune made 67, each, and the Жез ia averaged 4L. | uniformly ehe di had gone g " was sont t from 
ма) - pav - аага gus and map EM. E "s ШП бе mouth and тоо or erit an intel dairy to one of sd thence inta radiate 
Pu стое: Mun EE о e th from London, to be despat t 
Ыт» by стег а ms, а veraged nearly 47.; often Даур а аай lie iy en imal finally 1 зч would һе interesting to kno M dM T a эй 
those of Mr. Thom ele ris C Bowen) With failing strength, the an n oses its | that precious cargo. Did it perchance 
esent ive pns rs ds ewes, which averaged legs Ber lying pes its „head han " x Dack аа rei valling i i ону moving ba e with 
ers, abject prostra- , 
pra an average of o 479 The ewes sent к which is so familiar to us i 
T ipa ot Ne dium -the-Hill, Dues ex- of our id E d As life Ro атаў, the belly shi Bucks? To what; manure-yard next were the 
©, especia the 5 et E which made | becomes nded ; tl g 
р whilst the thers ie ich 2 Ts - ба, ы {агу twitchings ;* and i case aga па) Ihave v that Rinderpest is unknown here. In 
ард өк Мт. y Lee f|loins crackle when Seed, = th ; aiino, the latter part of last centu un by one of ie striking 
Were cd "enu of the latter ев цы е Vieh while the animal is yet living, of putrid gases in the incidents which are so full a ra ар d QUIA D neg а 
Ds. eacb. areolar tissue. eep and various werning, 
——— When things have come to this pass, the breathing | having this disease naturalised among us. In 1744 
THE CATTLE PLA bo mes m its rhythm у-и and, the tempe- | its germ € Cm into England. Dr. Layard, 
нон are ee ure of the body falling from hour to hour, the| who wrote n the disease, seems to ha 
Mg or tio T Shola {гош a paper on the Biberisn Cattle | рай soon sinks. s ascertained t| that pe LA i rdg to us by an English 
: biis M Lem gto, Augas ES "xe та end «бъг да de n of t i р леан) a tanner, “ who had purchased a parcel of distempered 
| cac dournat. ] : rire of cattle may is gr du im Wie с 28а ат en Аа сһеа өр, —— с pen for- 
laying P cter ; peculiar to a single speci t be зч idden to,be so ought to have bee 
ind i за .|this disease troduced into а | | t issued a power never 
Rb tos in life 3 peque m. POM ap cani бер ай -— stead, maS jo y^ the instant slau hte T tho known in these islands before, which, rapidly rein- 
ita perfe md ìn its ve io t | infected subjects, and the destruction «t all exuviæ | forced чу: Женс byi its own offspring, grew to such a 
human з typical m сз of. that family of Гимен | from them, seems to give any certain security in ш height slay myriads of pr ară of 10 whole 
ааш oid feverand human small- -pox are fam si ра its extension to the od I Cattle of all | years this epizootio Taged w with un f severity. 
times it i Known to t radition f from the remo Ear of all races, and in ali d f what is called | In the third year of t affected 
he it is the same now as it was at first. Bearing |“ ойор” appear enr. Ме, do have had the | with it were killed, an 
ед Боб family resemblance to human typhoid, it T nt nce before, mstance which | of it. 135,0007. we vi in the ва out of the 
Pop Sed like smali-pox, and the mode of its constitates an immuni ity fro pe d pee instances, | Treasury to farm compen mon for slaughtered 
determined by the most decisive of|the oxen in direct relation with the first sufferers are | cattle. In Nottinghamshire alon alone head perished 
fr ^ Steppes of not alone attacked. in six months, er in C eshire upwards of 30,000 in 
I and through a great variety of ће same space of time. 
d into Preig har ама ld. ed Rd is often conveyed to neighbouring the nation pay for the little lot 
е 
nd nearly twice pe^ number died 
me year, paid 
Re nother in that wide area, which looks | farms. Among the most iig d e рм: media are | of A hides imported by that sordid and 
4 - i he h and the hoofs of di aste. | igno! 
inda reza M vua e RU Mg айаш puo fal Ше | JM MM modem which the disenso was introduced 
ks its will on the hapless and |parts are contagious dg е аг own за 0 Largely | into сн т conan «rre g Sar ich uw 
cattle, un fiia cked by veterinary "= or|tainted as they must necessarily be by what, in one | was finally extiguis were т O 
m rol form or UE er, is cast off by the internal specific = s Kingi in «Ae eed ar penne viringent i б 
thing n rigidly enfo 
daft f fom the heal for P'eventionseparaliob | V s frigad Profgssor Simonds writes to me to, sy that br pul AIL infected "animals > to be killed and buried 
ealthy—being AAA these and other nervous phenomena m are not s0 M 
ылан is, with few exceptions, left | loped in the present epizootic as їп the cases he ва ыда, (en 
