The late 3Jr. II. M. Jenkins. 
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to which, however, I must refer further on when considering 
his many labours outside his duty to the Royal Agricultural 
Society. 
In IfiTo the health of stock is again distinctly the dominant 
subject ; Professor Simonds on the general question, and Professor 
Brown on the foot-and-mouth disease and on other contagious 
.isorders taking the lead. I need not refer at length to the 
ither portions of a most varied table of contents. Mr. Jenkins's 
own contribution is an account of the trade between Ireland 
nnd England in the live stock of the farm ; and a most 
::raphic picture it is of the recklessness of the cattle traffic, 
vhether within or between the two countries. Having the 
ote-book before me which Mr. Jenkins filled as he travelled 
> and fro, and from which as well as from public docu- 
ments his paper was subsequently prepared, I am very deeply- 
impressed with the industry, detail, and completeness of 
the enquiry which he conducted, and with the fulness of its 
results. The following notices are compiled from his memo- 
randa. 
On August 2-ith, 1872, he was in Dublin, and his conversations 
with Professor Ferguson, with Mr. Bourke, the Under-Secretary 
for Ireland, and with Professor Baldwin, then of Glasnevin, are 
ecited. At Drogheda on the 26th he saw a crowded fair of 
animals exposed in the open streets, " some dribbling at the 
mouth and looking queer " ; fiftv went off bv boat to Liverpool, 
being between decks, where they raised the temperature to 
^0 degrees, " which was not considered high. The smell, almost 
overpowering, irritates the eyes, and animals come out nearlv 
blind in a profuse perspiration." The}- are immediately un- 
shipped and sent off bv rail to Manchester and elsewhere. 
August 29th at Mullingar a large fair — " cattle packed in the 
trucks as closely as possible — counted 1-4 in some of them. In ooe 
case sheep put in with beasts had to be taken out shortly after- 
wards, gored horribly ; these beasts had been driven to the fair, 
I would go 50 miles to Dublin next morning, on to Holyhead." 
1 Then follows a section of the " Juno " — poop-deck, 'tween decks, 
\ upper hold, lower hold. He followed them to Holyhead on the 
29th, temperature of the hold 79', " the vessel well ventilated, 
1 with wind sail, which is sufficient in a breeze." August olst, 
I at Bristol, saw the Juno and Sabrina arrive from Cork crammed 
■ i with cattle, sheep, pigs and horses in three holds below the deck ; 
and animals stood in each, as well as on the deck and on the 
poop. Temperature on arrival 80 degrees. The inspector said 
that he had no power to stop animals affected with foot and mouth, 
unless they came from abroad. The details of the arrange- 
ments both at Bristol and at Liverpool and at Holvhead are 
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