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some short time before, and were turned into the same yard with the 
six cows. 
Case 15. — Mr. S., a farmer, in October, 1847, bought two tows, 
one of a cattle-dealer close by, and the other at St. Ives' market; shortly 
after this he allowed a friend to turn two buds (recently bought out of a 
drove) into the same pasture with them ; the buds were observed to have 
a cough from the tirst, and about a fortnight after one died of pleuro- 
pneumonia. The cow bought of the dealer soon after died of the same 
disease. And on the 9th of January, 1848, the other cow was taken, 
and died on the 28th of the same month. 
Case 16. — Mr. S. purchased in 1845 ten .head of stock at a fair; all 
were observed to cough or husk more or less ; shortly afterwards six 
became decidedly affected with the disease, and five died. This is a very 
healthy and well conducted farm, containing on an average from twenty 
to thirty head of cattle. 
Case 17. — In September, 1844, Mr. F. summoned us to attend some 
young home-bred stock, which he had reason to think were suffering 
from the epizootic pleuro-pneumonia. They were confined in a close 
and ill-ventilated hovel. All recovered. The manner in which they 
first became affected is not known. 
Case 18. — In March, 1844, Mr. F., milkman of Cambridge, had 
nine cows, and in the same month they were all observed to have a 
cough, and one, which eight months before he had purchased of a 
neighbour, became attacked with the disease, and thinking it to be the 
" garget," waited three days before we were called in. She was at- 
tended for three weeks and died. About a fortnight before Christmas 
in the same year, he bought another cow of a jobber of St. Ives' market, 
which also died of the same disease in six weeks. A few days after this 
he bought two more at Bury market ; one was taken, and died in three 
weeks, and the other within a month. He then purchased two more 
cows of a person about a quarter of a mile distant, and fearing if these 
were taken home they might catch the disease, he requested that he 
might milk and graze them on the person's premises, which had 
hitherto escaped the malady. This was readily granted ; but they, too, 
became affected with the disorder and died, after being treated for about 
a fortnight. Several others on the same premises were immediately 
attacked; some died, and some were slaughtered. Between this period 
and January, 1848, eight more have died of the same disorder. Mr. 
Fletcher's premises stand in a low and confined locality, and until very 
recently had never been drained. 
Case 19. — In the latter end of August, 1846, Mr. W., who farms 
between four and five hundred acres of land in a low marshy district, 
situate on the banks of the Cam, purchased nine steers at an exten- 
sive stock-market in the neighbourhood, all of which were observed 
to cough shortly afterwards. He kept them for about a month, and 
perceiving no improvement, exchanged them for nine heifers with the 
same dealer. These were also noticed to cough in a few days ; and on 
the 12th of October one of them died of confirmed pleuro-pneumonia. 
