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at least one frequent form of parasitism affecting our 

 domesticated animals. 



Six years ago I pointed out the desirability of pro- 

 moting an inquiry of this character ; and independently, 

 both as regards trouble and expense, I undertook a 

 series of first steps towards its consummation. Here 

 the matter rests ; since I do not feel called upon to 

 sacrifice every personal resource at my command in order 

 to complete an investigation, the probable beneficial 

 results of which are, naturally enough, neither compre- 

 hended by the public nor duly appreciated by the 

 sanitarian. 



Note. — Since the previous sheets went to press I have 

 received Dr. Maddox's paper "On an Entozoon with 

 Ova, found encysted in the Muscles of a Sheep," which 

 is published, with an excellent plate, in the June number 

 of The Monthly Microscopical Journal (p. 245). The 

 structure of the mutton measle is thus further elucidated ; 

 but, as before remarked, the Author is evidently wrong 

 in supposing that the larval cestode in question contains 

 eggs. In other respects the details he gives are both 

 important and interesting. 



