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served in Bombay, and I understood him to say that he had 

 met with a few cases of Roaring in that Presidency ; but he 

 quite agrees as to the general exemption of Eastern horses 

 from it. It is certainly remarkable that I did not meet 

 with any Roaring among the stud-breds, because Strangles 

 is said to be one cause in England, and that disease used to 

 prevail in a severe form in the Government studs of Bengal 

 (owing to the large number of young stock collected in 

 them), in spite of most ample ventilation and other sanitary 

 measures. Veterinary Surgeon Glover, of the Army Vete- 

 rinary Department, tells me he knew a few instances of 

 Roaring among the Australian racers in India, but he had 

 never met with Roaring among stud-breds or country- 

 breds." 



Mr. Hart, however, states that " Roaring is very common 

 in Calcutta, and is most often observed in the coarse-bred 

 horses which can least withstand the heat, and seem to be 

 constantly in a state of fever."i These were, in all probability, 

 imported horses. 



With regard to Bombay, Inspecting Veterinary Surgeon 

 J. Anderson, who has served in India for about a quarter of 

 a century, has forwarded me the following interesting notes: 



" Roaring is comparatively rare in India, and chiefly 

 affects Australian horses, less frequently Arabs, and very 

 rarely country-breds. In this country it is more usually 

 found among race-horses, and is comparatively rare amongst 

 troop, hack, and harness horses. The latter are more sub- 

 ject to it than the hacks and troopers, they being frequently 

 over-sized, under-bred, big-headed, and short thick-necked 

 horses. 



"The stamp of Australian thorough-bred that usually 

 becomes a Roarer, is also a large horse with his head badly 

 ' put on,' with a thick, fleshy, coarse throat, and often more 

 or less ' ewe-neck.' 



'Large, coarse Arabs are also subject to this defect, 

 ^ "Veterinary Journal," vol. xxv., p. 4. 



