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merely supplementary to the sheep and pig-market, and the 
receiving-house for cattle, in the town itself. It bears marks of 
not being frequently cleansed and disinfected, and the abundant 
crop of grass on it appeared to me the natural effect of successive 
doses of manure. Adjoining it is a large paddock, used for the 
temporary reception of beasts intended for sale at the next market. 
III. — The Foeeign Cattle Trade. 
The trade in animals with foreign countries is complicated 
by the necessity of restricting free importation (subject to inspec- 
tion of the animals) to countries which have been free from 
cattle-plague for a certain period, and which do not permit the 
importation of cattle from other countries in which cattle-plague 
has existed within the period deemed necessary for the destruc- 
tion of the germs of contagion. 
For this reason, foreign countries which export live stock to 
. England are divided into two classes — namely (1), the scheduled 
countries, animals from which are killed at the port of landing ; 
and (2), the unscheduled countries, animals from which must 
undergo a quarantine of at least twelve hours at the port of landing, 
and must then be examined during daylight by the Government 
veterinary inspector ; if found healthy, they may be moved 
inland, but if any animals are found affected with any contagious 
or infectious disease, either the diseased animals or the whole 
cargo may be immediately slaughtered at the port of landing. 
The animals from scheduled countries are landed within a 
specified circumscribed area, known as the "defined part of the 
port," beyond the confines of which they are not allowed to pass, 
and within which they must be slaughtered within ten days, 
exclusive of the day of landing. Animals from unscheduled 
countries are landed at any other convenient part, and are sup- 
posed not to come into contact with other animals until after their 
inspection and their release as healthy animals, after which they 
are regarded by the law, to all intents and purposes, as British 
animals. But all animals, whatever their origin, breed, or 
nationality, going within the confines of the " defined part " 
of the port are immediately dealt with as if they had come from 
a scheduled country, that is to say, they are not allowed egress 
from the " defined part " except as " dead meat." 
It is necessary to draw this distinction, because the influence 
of the trade in foreign animals on the spread of foot-and-mouth 
disease depends almost entirely upon the number and condition of 
the animals imported from unscheduled countries, and scarcely at 
all upon either the number or the condition of those coming from 
