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quite satisfactorily. In consequence of the keep becoming short at 
this date, the niiieteeii grazing animals were taken out of the field' — 
and put into another — a piece of good feeding ground, locally 
designated " tart land," from its causing diarrhoja among the cattle 
when first placed upon it. Here they remained until the morning 
of the 7th, when they broke out, and were then turned into No. 30 
— a suspected field. They continued in No. 30 till the 10th, when 
they were returned to the original pasture, and where the cow had 
remained during the whole of this time. On the morning of the 
11th four were found dead, and in consequence of this the remaining 
fifteen were taken into the yards and bled, and had administered to 
them some aperient medicine. Notwithstanding these precautionary 
measures, another of the animals died on the same day, and four 
more on the following day, the 12th. The remaining ten were 
again turned out, but into an unsuspected pasture, and of these, four 
died during the next day, the 13th. 
The six animals which were left were afterwards kept off the 
suspected fields, and went on well. Two of them were sold for 
slaughtering a few weeks subsequently, being in good condition, 
and the other four during the autumn. The cow also, which, it has 
been shown, did not go unto the suspected land, has continued well 
down to the present time. She was neither bled nor physicked. 
The piece of " tart land," on which the animals were placed on the 
3rd of Julj', and where they remained till the 7th, when they broke 
out, is not thought to be injurious, in so far as the production of 
splenic apoplexy is concemed, because neither sheep nor cattle have 
ever died while upon it. 
On the 26th of July the disease showed itself among another lot 
of fifteen grazing . animals which had been on the farm for about 
four months. They were at pasture at the time of No. 37, not until 
then a suspected field. Three of the animals died on this day. 
The remaining twelve were then taken out, and no more deaths 
occurred. The field was then shut up and afterwards mowed. 
On August the 27th a beast, which had been kept quite apart 
from the other animals, was put into the pasture adjoining No. 37, 
and was found dead in a secluded spot, after being missed for two 
or three days. This case is thought, however, to be a doubtful one 
of the disease. 
During the latter part cf the summer two colts at pasture on No. 
30 died, and, as is believed, from the same disease. 
On September 12th a beast died on No. 37. Had not been on 
No. 30. 
On October 9th another beast died on No. 37, which also had not 
been on No. 30. 
On December 22nd a third died in the fold-yard. It was one of 
eight, and was being fed at the time chiefly on hay, none of which, 
however, came from the field No. 37. 
After this time the disease disappeared until the month of March 
in the present year. 
On the 14th of this month a bullock feeding on hay in the yards 
