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About  the  same  time  a gentleman  reported  that  a horse  which 
he  had  brought  to  his  home  from  the  district  of  Kailua  on  this 
island  showed  suspicious  symptoms.  The  animal  was  removed  to 
the  quarantine  station  in  Kalihi  and  submitted  to  the  mallein 
test.  An  examination  showed  considerable  discharge  from  both 
nostrils  and  snorting  respiration.  The  sub-maxillary  glands  were 
not  swollen  and  the  animal  showed  not  the  slightest  reaction  to 
the  mallein  test.  Since  then  the  animal  has  somewhat  improved 
but  is  still  continued  in  quarantine  for  further  observations. 
On  the  19th  ult.  I was  informed  that  a horse  in  a pasture  makai 
of  the  Kamehameha  schools  in  Kalihi  was  showing  profuse  dis- 
charge from  the  nose  and  being  in  a very  emaciated  condition. 
On  examination  the  following  day  the  animal  was  found  dead, 
but  showed  unmistakable  symptoms  of  glanders  and  farcy.  On 
the  right  hind  leg  were  numerous  farcy  buds  and  ulcers. 
According  to  the  owner’s  statement  the  horse  had  been  in  the 
pasture  for  about  one  month  together  with  seven  other  horses  and 
one  mule.  All  of  these  animals  were  removed  to  the  quarantine 
station  in  Kalihi  and  submitted  to  the  mallein  test.  None  of  them 
showed  any  reaction  and  they  were  subsequently  returned  to  the 
pasture  where  in  the  meantime  the  dead  animal  had  been  destroy- 
ed by  burning,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Board  of  Health.  The 
pasture  has  been  placed  in  quarantine  until  further  notice. 
On  the  25th  ult.  I was  notified  that  one  horse,  apparently  suffer- 
ing from  glanders,  had  been  observed  in  a pasture  in  the  Kailua 
district  of  this  island  and  which  is  leased  to  a rice  company.  On 
the  27th  I drove  to  this  pasture  where  I was  met  bv  the  foreman 
of  the  Kaneohe  ranch  and  one  cowboy.  The  entire  pasture  was 
rounded  up  and  was  found  to  contain  44  horses  and  14  mules. 
The  suspected  animal  was  found  to  be  affected  with  glanders  and 
farcy  to  an  extreme  degree,  there  being  no  less  than  fifty  ulcers 
and  farcy  buds  on  the  hind  legs  and  a profuse  discharge  from 
both  nostrils  and  greatly  enlarged  sub-maxillary  glands. 
The  caretaker  of  the  pasture  was  instructed  to  bury  the  animal 
after  it  had  been  killed  and  the  only  watering  trough  in  the 
pasture  was  emptied  out,  cleaned  and  disinfected.  None  of  the 
other  animals  showed  any  symptoms  of  glanders,  but  it  is  more 
than  probable  that  some  of  them  will  develop  the  disease  later 
on  as  all  of  them  had  been  drinking  from  the  same  trough  with 
the  affected  animal.  The  following  letter  of  instruction  was  sent 
to  the  manager  of  the  company  in  question : 
“I  was  informed  last  week  that  a disease,  presumably  glanders, 
had  appeared  among  the  horse  stock  kept  by  you  in  the  Keolu 
pasture  in  Kailua.  On  Saturday  last  I drove  over  there  and  had 
all  of  the  animals  rounded  up  in  the  pen  adjoining  the  house 
where  the  caretaker  lives.  I found  one  very  bad  case  of  glanders 
and  was  informed  by  the  caretaker  that  the  affected  animal  be- 
longs to  one  Ah  You  of  Kailua  and  that  the  horse  had  been  in 
your  pasture  for  about  one  month.  I took  this  animal  to  a place 
