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Hamburg these cattle-sheds were in greater request than usual, 
because no cattle could be sent into the fields in a certain district, 
for fear of their becoming infected with the cattle-plague. 
The cattle, sheep, and pigs which arrive at Hamburg bj 
railway are either penned at the station previous to being sent 
to the market, or are driven to the cattle-sheds belonging to the 
owner. The railway-pens are very extensive, and seemed to be 
used for keeping animals a considerable time. But the same 
objection exists against these pens and cowsheds as against 
the fields occupied by the English and Irish salesmen, namely, 
that diseased animals may be left behind and infect others. 
They have, however, the advantage of being easily cleansed and 
disinfected, whereas in the case of fields that is impossible. 
The outbreak of cattle-plague at Hamburg, and the vigorous 
manner in which the disease had been stamped out by the 
authorities, were matters of great interest at the time of my visit ; 
I therefore drew up the following brief sketch, from information 
kindly given me by the British Consul and other gentlemen who 
had personal knowledge of the circumstances. 
On July 23rd cattle-plague was discovered to have broken out 
on a farm in the neighbourhood of the town, and a cow died from 
it on that day. A cordon of police was immediately drawn round 
the infected place, and ten beasts which were included within 
it were immediately slaughtered. The farmhouse was also in- 
cluded within the police-cordon, and the farmer and his household 
were compelled to undergo forty-eight hours' quarantine before 
they were admitted outside the line of investment. At the regu- 
lation distance (I believe about a mile) beyond the police-cordon, 
was an outer circle of military, and no person who went within 
that line could come out until after he had been carefully disin- 
fected. No domestic animals, whether cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, or 
horses, were allowed to pass the military line under any circum- 
stances. People whose business compelled them to pass it (the 
inner line was kept unbroken), such as veterinary inspectors, 
police, and other officials, were disinfected previous to repassing it 
in the following manner : — The person was placed in a kind of 
sentry-box, having a perforated platform inside for him to stand 
upon, and an orifice in the door large enough to receive the greater 
portion of the face, or, at any rate, the mouth, nose, and eyes, thus 
preventing suffocation. Beneath the platform was a large vessel 
containing one of the j)reparations used for obtaining large quan- 
tities of free chlorine gas. Chemical action having been set up, 
the door was firmly closed, and the gas escaped in dense clouds 
into the sentry-box, penetrating the clothes and hair of the person 
inside, and thoroughly destroying (as is believed) any germs 
of disease that may have become attached to him. Notwith- 
