from an Agricultural and Veterinary Point of Vieic. 101 
From this it will be seen that the report of the Commission, 
to which Germany seems to have attached so much importance 
— -judging from its composition — was entirely in favour of 
Pasteur's discovery ; and it was concluded that on large farms 
where anthrax is more or less prevalent, it would be advan- 
tageous and economical to protect the animals [herbivora) by 
inoculation, especially the cattle, as it is not so dangerous for 
them as sheep, while they are more valuable. 
It should be stated that all the sheep and cattle remaining 
from the experiments, and which had been protected, had been 
turned out to pasture upon the infected farm, and seven months 
afterwards they were still in good health; though some of the 
lambs born from the ewes subsequent to the experiments died 
from anthrax. 
There can be no doubt that in countries or localities where 
the malady prevails, protective inoculation, when properly prac- 
tised, must prove an immense boon. In India, for instance, 
which is in the unenviable position of having nearly, if not 
altogether, every contagious disorder to which animals are liable 
— cattle-plague, foot-and-mouth disease, sheep-pox, glanders, 
rabies, anthrax, &c. — causing a loss, at the lowest estimate, of 
six million pounds sterling a-year, and with scarcely any attempt 
at a remedy — protective inoculation for the prevention of anthrax 
among horses alone would prove of great benefit to our mounted 
corps there. And what would it not save if it could be applied 
to all these devastating plagues of animals which revel almost 
unchecked all over India? Already the possibility of obtain- 
ing such benefits have been shown by Mr. Mills, of the Army 
Veterinary Department, who at Madras, in 1884, conducted a 
series of experiments on ponies, donkeys, cows, bullocks, buffa- 
loes, sheep, and guinea-pigs — in all 88 animals, with marked 
success. And Mr. Frost, of the same Department, appears to 
have been equally successful in Burmah ; so much so, that the 
agents of the Bombay-Burmah Trading Corporation have ex- 
pressed their intention of having their elephants in the Mingyan 
and Chind win Valley forests inoculated against attacks of anthrax, 
which is very destructive to these creatures in that country. 
Some parts, and often the best, the fertile vlei/s or valleys of 
South Africa, are deadly localities for horses at certain seasons 
of the year, because of the dread Paard Ziekte (horse-sickness). 
That this is a germ disease there can be no doubt whatever ; 
because a horse that has recovered from it, which is rare, is be- 
lieved to be safe from another attack — is what is called *' salted," 
and is therefore very much more valuable than one which has 
not had the disorder. Besides, the germ which causes it has 
been identified, and successfully inoculated in guinea-pigs. 
