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servants upon the estates where the disease lias 

 occurred, mention that it is not nncoinmon in Ire- 

 land, and is there considered cfjiitaiz'ious.* Tlie 

 mode of treatment adoptefi f'oi- its cure in that 

 iitm^ k ^ rowel tlie cattle> mi, 



ehtpgi! &e ^l^tirage : it has been asserted that 

 it "was nnlvtiown in the colony nntil witliin the 

 last twL'lveni oath ; hut srtnR' di'clarc that it has 

 existed, although not extensively, for a much 

 longer period. Br. Oibs^xn rafteiied Me 

 the disease prevails principally amea^ dalires 

 and yearlings, the first markiMl syra]>tonis being 

 a i)aralytic affection, the animal dra^ving the leg 

 after it ; a swelling and tenderness are then ex- 



j^^m^i a^iit alSM^A partsi ai]4ust(alij a 

 fetal t^afiiiisedoft exiatiea la&w^v&Iumjsi Heed- 

 ing relie\'cs, antl even lias been known to cure 

 cattle thus aiiectcd, if resorteil to in tiint* : but 

 from the riii)id progress of the disease, and 

 among a large nUtaJs^T @f ^ttle, it i» seldom 



obsmei uxL^I too kte. ^ 



On the 24th of December I arWYedl ^ftt LaaS- 

 downe Park, (or, in the langnag-e of the conn- 



* The " bluck leg" is eviden% Ihe disease mmg the 

 cattle, ktKiwn in Ireliunl as tlu' " trip/Kfr//,^' a kind of pa- 

 ralytic iiffection of the limbs, which |,'uncrallj ends latally ; 

 tll&«UBt(teK^€Qitm i^ !|^ble^^ iliati^ing^ them ta 



ft tlfier pasture. 



