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Q. And that is all ? They amuse themselves with the straw — they pick it 
over? — A. They eat it. We lay it against their heads. 
Q. What number of beasts did you tie up this last October? — A. 
Twenty-two. 
Q. Feeding beasts ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Had you any beasts that you gave cake to besides the feeding 
•casts? — A. Xo. 
Q. And what quantity of cake have you given to these feeding beasts since 
October — how much per day ? — A. About 7 lbs. 
Q. Had those beasts come up from grass ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Do you recollect the 16th February, when you gave them the cake that 
._ne from Goole — the cake in question ? — A. Yes. 
Q. How long before that had you been out of cake ? — A. From ten days to 
A fortnight. 
Q. Did you see the cake arrive at Airmyn Pastures ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Where was it put ? — In the cake house, where we always put it. 
Q. What time in the day did it arrive ? — A. Between four and five o'clock 
— five, pretty near. 
Q. When was it broken up ? — A. We break it up of a morning as we 
nt it. 
V. ^Vhere do you break it up ? — A. In the cake chamber. 
(J. By a hand machine ? — A. By a hand machine. 
Q. Did you break it up that morning? — A. A man that fed the 
beasts did. 
Q. Dendy?— J. Yes. 
Q. Were you there when he did it ? — A. Ko. 
Q. The cakes are whole, I suppose ; the usual size of the large flat cakes, I 
suppose ? About how many pounds would there be in each cake ? — A. About 
8J lbs., or something like that. 
Q. What cake did you give them on this day? — A. I went into the 
chamber when it arrived, and I said, " Now, Dendy, be careful about this 
cake ; I do not like the look of it." 
Q. How much cake did you actually give the beasts ? — A. I ordered them 
not to exceed 4 lbs. 
Q. Did you see him feed them ? — Xo. 
Q. 'Whom did you send to Goole for the purpose of fetching the cake ? — • 
A. John Hepton. 
Q. How soon after the beasts had had their cake did you see them in the 
morning ? — A. About an hour after. 
Q. Tell us the state you fovmd them in ? — A. I found them all with their 
tongues out, standing with their legs partly together, and blown up — 
slabbered. 
Q. How many of them did you find in that condition? — A. All. 
Q. Were any of them worse than the others ? — A. There were two that 
were worse than any of them. 
Q. Can you describe those two to me by colours or marks ? Can you tell 
me whether they were red or white ? Can you give me any idea ? — A. ITiey 
were red and white. 
Q. In what degree were they worse ? — A. Well, they looked to be a deal 
worse, you know. 
Q. Did you give any of them oil ? — A. No. 
Q. None of them at all ? — A. No. 
Q. Why not ? — A. Because I thought I would try without. 
Q. What did you do with them ? — A. I did nothing but turn them out. 
Q. Into the fold yard 'i—A. Yes. 
Q. What happened to them ? — A. They began to get better. 
