THE AORI CULT URAL JOURNAL. 



391 



Pound 



THE stock impounded as hereunder 

 will be sold, imless previouslj^ 

 released, on the 2ud October next : — 



Howick. — Red ox, white spots under 

 belly ; red ox. 



Springfield. — Blue mare, no brands, 

 long tail, rather thin, impounded by J. 

 Lawford. Running on Mr. H. Brown's 

 farm, " Glenare," and too wild to be 

 driven to the Pound : — Grey mare, 

 branded SZ, vei\y thin, brand indistinct. 

 Umsinga. — Dun-and-white heifer ; 



Examination as 



Look to the Head. 



BEFORE the examination of the head is 

 finished, the buyer should feel over, 

 as well as look over, the ears and poll. A 

 fistula in the lobe of the ear may be 

 sponged dry, and not be discovered until 

 the bargain is sealed. Poll evil may be 

 temporarily healed, and a broad bridle 

 conceal the tell-tale scar or hairless spot, 

 where a skilful operator has performed 

 with caustics. From the poll and ear, the 

 hand comes down the channel and passes 

 under the jaw in a search for a "jug." 

 This is a vulgar term for a subznaxillary 

 gland which has become adherent to the 

 inner aspect of the lower jaw, as the re- 

 sult of glanders or farcy. 



It is not a very reliable symptom, but, 

 taken in conjunction with a discharge 

 from one or both nostrils, aud a leaden- 

 coloured membrane, should make the 

 purchaser pause, and insist ixpon a pro- 

 fessional examination as a condition of 

 purchase ; if otherwise, the animal is 

 approved. 



The Diseases of the Eye. 

 The eyes will next receive serious 

 attention. Although there are some 

 defects of vision which expert veterinary 

 Burgeons have difiiculty in discovering, 

 the majority of them may be detected by 

 the observant horseman. A fair, full 

 look in the face oi the horse will tell one 

 if both eyes are equal in size, or the globes 

 equally exposed between eyelids unaltered 



Notices. 



black heifer ; red heifer ; black itole, 

 white tip to tail ; black itole, white marks 

 on face ; bay mare, 14.1, faint broad 

 arrow off rump. 



Nqutu. — Black goat. 



Richmond.— Black ox (bull stag), grey 

 head, rump, and tail, no brand. 



Mos^dale— Lungsickness having broken 

 out in the Pound at Mossdale, the sale of 

 cattle advertised to tike place on Sept- 

 ember 18th has been postponed for six 

 weeks. 



to Soundness. 



by puckers or contractions. Any apparent 

 difference should lead to more careful 

 scrutiny. If the palpebrail fissure is dis- 

 posed "to be triangular, one may sus- 

 pect previous inflammation, though the 

 humours appear transparent from a super- 

 ficial view. A note should be made for 

 use in the stable presently. The front of 

 the visual organ should be clear. Any 

 spot on it, such as an opaque cloud or 

 nebula, is an objection. It is not cataract, 

 as frequently spoken of by horsemen. 

 As often as not it arises from the lash of 

 the whip which has caught it, and caused 

 temporary inflammation— a rapid clear- 

 ing of the lymph with which the layers 

 of the cornea were at first suffused ; but 

 a permanent scar, called a nebula, is left 

 exactly where the membrane covering 

 the cornea (conjunctiva) was originally 

 injured. Such blemishes depreciate the 

 value of a horse, and constitute 

 technical unsoundness, but their effects 

 upon the behaviour of individuals are 

 singularly variable. One will shy " like 

 billy-ho," and another will behave exactly 

 as he did before the opacity was there. 

 There is no excuse for the man who can- 

 not see a cloud of this kind on a horse's 

 eye, but cataract is quite another thing. 



Cataract. 



Further examination of the visual 

 organs must take place in the stable. 

 The size of the pupil, or opening inside 



