| 
"варел spread | Y 
ЖҖотЕМВЕР 18, 1865.] 
ad Watford, on the failure of prolonged attempts to 
tomo uieate the plague to rmi 
d now turn to Mr. Har 
А.а б” bar Fa 
rvey 
unt N 
tensive landed 
stayin Мен on Hall, sod had autborised 
yi (hat oe A n that in 1861 he lost the whole of 
cattle on rinderpest. 
to persuade the A tbat the rinderpest existed among the 
sheep at Crown 
The folowing i is Ы letter of Dv. Wood of Edinburgh 
to Mr. Woods onjthe experiments in the Sauutorium 
ther ү — 
ехрегіт he sheep and the rinderpest to 
P uA on pape ^ e We placed eight sheep of 
different breeds in the sanatorium, өз. there was a constant 
n of rinderpest cattle The shee 
ou be n wenty-four were 
sanatoriu The remaining faris - нон mes ed to 
inanadjoining field. While in the they had free 
^ Wee ey prg it, and were 
t highly contagious. wi 
carried „оп=аё the end o 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 
ELS Ed on the failure of prolonged айешәй io | herd of WW; abe SK 
herd of 93; 
m. 
aking 106 er y in all. An inspector who bad charge of a 
at part of the north and north-east of London me that 
iv his Len district more than 4-5ths have either died or been 
slaughtered, and the general average within the ртесівс' s of 
the metropolis is probably at least as high. Very early in July 
it appeared in Norfolk; a little later in Suffolk and Shrop 
Shire; then in onexcunty after an her, and before the end 
the month it bad inv: n all tbe earlier 
made in th 
pvc. bed ci Speedily becam 
subordinate centres of ке, 
extended into 29 counties 
ccotland, sti 
e Metropolitan Market; but Norwich Hill and other 
came, in their respective di vus ts, 
On the EN g cgo А, had 
ngland, 2 and 1 
$ p , and w: ll adva: AN 
subjoined tabular (өче nt, prepared by the Veterinary 
Department " the Privy Connell Осе A a meh official 
information that department hasr p^ ed from ET »ectors 
Б ughout E country, jy edi peared їп the public 
otal cases reported from 
Attacked. | the commencement of 
the Disease. 
afterwards s bought more, and lost them also, 
1091 
sistent with the tb tbeory v which attributes tbe appearance of the 
plague in reco to the Revel cargo, p far sbort of establish- 
ing that t| y, unless we assume t the event cannot 
possibly pen unted 
may throw new v light on,the question, 
able to pronounce a decid ы Кз ser on it; тог, for th 
praetiod conclusions which w abi fier, is i ial 
paneks has been suggested in tbe followin 
гак Nu hei d 
т Majesty's Consul-Gemeral at 
—_ EMEN fe 9 | "EN fron the teh ports into England so early as the month of 
56—135 за Г May las ith respect to the rumour of d tle 
85 HHIERI й 2 | в Р having been imported into England from the Russian port of 
ME :à NM 3 $/^|8 А Revel іп Esthonia, either directly or by way of Lubeck, no 
FEIERIER: а 3 3 credit is attached to it bere; and, i ч great distaoce of 
О 55 Revel both from Great Britain and fron cattle distrets in 
м | Southern Russia seems to render it unlikely that bere: 
Metropolitan Рој | cattle shouid hav va reached England from that port 
District ,, —..|158| 194| 158| 5773 |2057,2529| 202) 485 | auy observation." 
: South Eastern Co.| 225| 154| 205| 3294 1116911667) 197! 251 | , One fact ment is letter, and whieh has also been 
8. South М idland Col 73 эзор 833 | 373| 282| 42} 136 elicited їп Wem I poto attention, since it is of 
еб нез... 141) 183! 335| 8031 11051. 1482 161| 387 | more than historical importance. Hungarian and Galician 
я South Wien Сө. 17 1 зі 116] 51 7| 15 | cattle ud undoubted tedly come in cq" numbers to the 
6. West Midland Со. 31 si na| 24| 105 94 | Englis y Сандо QUEEN. MN UM sara aro 
7. North Midland бо 81 s2) 15| 109 | 5 | si 6! sent Rar it Hungary and Galicia, from their neigh- 
8. North Weste: 981 39| 4| 37 6| 40! bourhood to the A country of Russia in Europe, are o!ten 
9. Yorkshire s; 26} 35] 119] 253 | 66! 3301 Ml : 50 attacked the plague, an ungary, Jeast, has suftered 
10. Northern Counties| 47| 86) 34| 472 | 212, 201) 94| 35|Severely from it during the present year. Т ompletion of 
1, Momhioothehire | the two great lin f railway which, traversing Ceutral and 
Wal vi ‚| 4s| 601 s9| 180! 51 110 q4 | Southern. Germany, now connect Hamburg ea Rotterdam 
13.8 bd 257| 828| 666 3182 nsa! ШИ ad 604 | With both Vienna апа Lem nberg, have oUm te s these new 
+ ы, — supplies, Respecting the average duration of the transit we 
nor do at present know how 
far it "r4 be abridged in particular — nor Ач wand mra 
ELE. Ж 
nea- This ^" are liable 
the бора gio: "i rene rpest, І doubt, at 
i ае they cannot E be eiue el of itin any rate 
ke that which bas ege лт» ar emis QM eattle 
t virulent most 
sex 
regret having been forced to cancel 
80 M pto of Mr. Woods’ very interak lecture.) 
——— P 
bero n PLAGU 
am повітр гея e first Re 
sioners appcinted to i Бас into t 
ќо, of the Cattle (M Eqs October 
UE. 
y5 A M Commis- 
and nature, 
1865:— 
gne 
was ULM by your qe ebrii "d 
the 29th day ol Реп mber ; 1868, to i d st » us t 
— чу ing th the origin and natur 
ong the — Tr Great Britain, | extinguish 
and чу generally СЕ the С ripe pude € d 
rtamin pros 
lt dep d оа qm feed mima xem 
the Nnrtbtiond Y ccu - "n the greatest prid 
le made M аз w to prevent the spreading of the 
said diso: 2 6 атег gen fature o abreak 2: = 
Your Majesty was at m same time p 
that we, or any five or more of us, might hri. liberty 
to report to you our Жашаш ыз the Commis. 
tonis from time to time, should we judge it Зе to 
The term 
it the Commission therefore authorise us, 
we thin 
s of 
бү t, to acie Уч р to your Ma want 
e ted to us, reserving other 
ion. Themnatur 
resent " чечем oe ^de 
suffering, vic mayatany m 
and, the ezten rag wth of vt Фе dius, X hs de- 
t — h bas |$ Р 
d ота третѓесі 
Ta endeavours to m 
nke эр couse and to lose 
ауан — 
Wes deration, 
" We pod ава 
n tle history of the 
Batty ы g Е ә е о ч 
ё RE 
у= 
kaisa which is T jd of thi 
is inquiry 
geben and recognised in Great Britain 
ыз the close of the month of Jone. 
us Engli np on the 19th of June 
ТӨ Metropolitan Cattle Market by a cowkeeper residing in 
Fest in w they were when tbe sy of 
co, ангад tbe 27th, the motiee of the veterinary 
SE b in charge, Similar symptoms were observed on the 
Hacks); the same su; in a cow belonging dairyman in 
the same dai pur in the same place and оп 
bought in ut mantas Duteh cows in a Lambeth shed, likewise 
Таг malady broke ou 
diri, h extreme rapidity, destroying great | во 
of animals, Islington cowkeeper lost her whole 
e of thel 
at 
It must be rem er prot ЭР e: that such statements as tliis 
cannot be 
do not profess 
disease, 
aecounts—which, indeed, they 
mg ihe. real state and progress of е 
represent such cases only as the SEE 
have been able to detect since pa were respectively 000040. 
But information reaches tbe inspector mre есу, by acciden! 
common report; and а butcher, jobber, ein an, or 
armer ives for t disclós g to tor 
anythi w London 
proportion of эзер 
Mn 
d iin 
Meanw 
we 
t 2 small 
to dra 
nallg годна by the 
e hilo, from tbe same gene 
ral centre, the Metropolitan 
— it appears to рате, crossed the sea to Holland with 
e Dutch ө: 
pe 4 had Taa xposed duri: 
days, — not finding a sale at an adequate 
eren воо afte: 
which beeu shipped from Rotterdam to 
ng three successivo market 
эй зы fit, ua been 
ig aeee es 59 n: 
y stock. at 
ооп overran T whole Peru | ted 
in шапу directions, s 
South H d, and 6 Wwe believe, it has been ftom 
i to time reimported into this reris 4 mieasures 
adopted in the Netherland to bare iat А the outset 
less stringent than was d etion was 
ie to tbe loeal PAi э төлү c^ [4 "рет of North 
Holland, Utrecht, e - p ма очы. Кр АШ ==. 
In E EL d Вет importation from d has 
"m 
prrüibited and gent and minute regu Lu 
and some rp 
оо са т 
о dolar утаа 
t doubtfal cases havo been hitherto 
reported fro: 
ordre с: pee at least before the first outbreakin London, 
a 
ever brought direct from that eou 
of Russian bullocks, the ий M is asserted, that wi 
4,* were sold 
Englan. 
the Metropolitan Market by tho A4. a London cattle 
salesman. 
EM part of them 
in the 
es that 2 
incer x he pue to have been the red aas 
part of his story is contradicted 
assertion that th: 
had been shipped at Revel and landed at 
had there been sold, and sent to various 
d, and i rest despatehed to 
They 
Pec. 
the 
is eertified by authority 
ccs have no ground, to 
дебе ъв 
on the v but — 
— 
is 
the ist jt (tho ey ae of its көрүөн} тоба) to the 19m (tic 
69 
іа are, if not the 
1| vi: 
hat, | separated fro 
to have shown ару be of 
w 
о 4 Ромо » solation s Lors 
po ve Y rA y r^ в ng a t 
question how the cattle plague ing a pon 
II. Fo тиске. 
That the disease in ques is contagious, that 
the contagion: is pde orgari swift a эйе, - 
that it is most destructive in its effects, t ean be n 
doubt whatever. 
The кича ег іп spread, travelling perceptibly, 
for the part, in the track а. animals brought from some 
centre of а, "Ad establishing a тї 
паса ей to effect 
аз beef — 
UR in traci 
conveyed; the havoc it has made 
than im ое m eowsheds, 
wholesome and careful 
om eremi = bo quite enoug Án] > 
even if no t were thrown 
the èx: of oti 00st lon. Jo d enne, uel, 
те 
ыс it has 
reason to question the evidence which bas 
us, proving that it is the same disease as 
undef the name of the 
But we see no reason 
befor 
who have ha! and used "nities of personal 
here and al he whole experience gained of it in 
eountries where it is as here, a strapger—eountries 
veti h 
intellizence, n: it has recently bee endorsed 
of veterin: кака ы — 2$ меса in August last, which 
was at: the profession from almost, evi every 
rope. 
This i$ not, however, thé first time that this plague has visited 
Fatal murrains avsong eattle, Mem med to, if fót 
ppéared here. In 
piota зө mortality 
among ten, a grievous plagne attacked cattle, which pcrished 
thousands. A i price of edet 
posed on, Lam to ascertiiu whether they were different fro: identical with 
of its sup — se до eirenmastanoe qu weight suere о there is every reisom to believe that 
Наокњеу « ev) Ae of the malady ma ve been | the distemper 1715 mae à brief inr»ad, buf w 
босо өп. banig e d ndis Le dog e лсо promptly ex а and 1 « hieh in TN med the attack and 
mistaken 
шо The facts, then, =т= by ni 
from the boo 
dE ч vno wf from че Tt Pseud app эу жми e aa 
TAE wolcopbr)g 5 е 
ses noim ce. 
on, the 4t of 4th of Satyr "150. абы p furnish ae ga the 
панк, and signed by 
Моц dated sho з with the examina- 
cargo, that they bad —— ае 
London tion. of the 
sound and free from disease, as m with a subsequen 
declaration 
by them to the same effec 
held its ад till 1757, w 8 exaetly tbe eas "ys present 
plague. Of this we h«ve proof in the deserit jones of 
the symptoms ti m and of the mofbid а; iy ces 
after death. а orte to the R yal Society in 
Janüary, 1746, by Dr. Mortimer, the origim of the 
to two calves impor! olland by a fatmer 
living near Poplar, early in 1745, The spring and summer bad 
been vety wet, the autumn dry and cold, the early winter 
cóid апа damp. ated to the of this 
farmer thro Essex, resecbed London, and was pro- 
ted in various directions from the metropolitan markets. 
entered Berkshire, however, by two cows bought at а fair 
