Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of Englaml. 621 
Cross-examined by Mr, Field. 
Q. What was the change of diet that took place in that case that yow men- 
ioned of 6 or 7 hours '? — A. In what iiarticular case ? 
Q. The case you mentioned — you say even after the lapse of 6 or 7 hours — 
i. I have not mentioned any particular case. I have known it in many 
;ases. 
Q. Do I understand you to assent to what Mr. Seymour has put to you, that 
(j-ou have known tympanitis to arise from a change in food in 6 or 7 hours? 
1 could not understand what it was. What were the circumstances of that 6 
7 hours' case ? — A. I do not understand you at all. 
(J. Well, I am sure 1 do not understand you. You say you have known 
liter a lapse of 2 or 3 days a case of tympanitis to occur. What animal was 
|;hat in ? — A. I have known it in many animals. 
Q. What animal was that case that you spoke of where it occurred after a 
apse of 2 or 3 days? — A. If you had been giving this particular cake for 2 or 
3 months and then left it oft' for 2 or 3 days, it would be unsafe to give it 
inless — 
Mr. Justice Blackbcex : You are asked, in the cases which you have relied 
jpon in your practice in support of the evidence you gave as to the 2 or 3 days, 
what the animals had. What was it that was changed or rather discontinued ? 
What were the circumstances of the case? That is what you are asked. — A. 
I do not remember. 
Mr. Field : You do not remember any case ? — A. Almost in any case. 
Q, Then I must ask you this : Are you speaking of a particular case or are 
you giving your opinion ? — A. I am speaking from my experience in many 
cases. 
Q. Then will you give me one of the cases ? 
Mr. Setmouk : By way of illustration ? — Q. I do not know that I can give 
you an illustration. 
Mr. Field : You say, many cases. Will you give me one case ? I want to 
test your evidence. — A. I do not know that I can give you one in particular. 
Q. Surely you can give me one case — you speaking of having met with so 
many cases. Will you tell me what animal it was ? — A. A cow, of course. 
\ Q. Was it a cow ? Why "a cow of course"? I do not know. — A. Well, 
it was a cow. 
Q. Whose cow was it ? — A. I do not know. I have not come here to call 
up any particular cases. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : I am afraid you are mistaken in that. You know 
'you have told us from your experience, that even after 2 or 3 days the stomach 
gets into one groove and the change back produces tympanitis. Now, you are 
asked for a particular case in which you have known that— that is, in order to 
see how far you are justified in your generalization. Can you not remember 
any one case? — A. I cannot just now, my Lord, remember any particular 
case. 
Mr. Field : Can you remember a single case, and will you tell me what the 
animal was and the food he had had — your knowledge of it — and how many 
days he was ofl' his food ? — A. 1 could concoct a case, if you like that. 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : You are asked a real fact — if you can remember 
' none, say so. 
The Witness : I can remember none at all, because there are so many. 
Re-examined hy Mr. Seymour. 
Q. Do you remember the fact that you have met with such cases in your 
practice? — A. It is the commonest thing that we have to attend to in current 
practice — change of food, it does not matter how simple. 
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