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it is called : let me say one word to you about that, if it does not answer 
itself. They had always been accustomed to 7 lbs. of cake, and they had 
7 lbs. on this occasion ; they were taking their usual time to eat it. The 
question is asked and denied — they were not hungi-y, they were merely 
taking their usual food ; and what is more remarkable is that four stones 
were left in the troughs ; therefore they did not eat it all. 7 lbs. was the 
dose, which was not too much had it all lieen eaten, but they had not even 
eateu that amouut, and, therefore, the ravenousness is disproved, because they 
had left a portion of it there. The observation on that ground, therefore, 
entirely fails. 
Then, with reference to the 5 tons delivered at Sancton, look at the differ- 
ence iu that case. It goes far to prove our theory. You see animals of this 
I class have a rumen or lirst stomach ; of course if you expose that to the 
action of nothing but deleterious cake by itself it operates more directly on 
the nerves of the stomach ; if you mix that cake up w ith chopped stuff of 
any kind it has not the same effect ; it does not rub against the coats of the 
stomach, and does not, therefore, stop the peristaltic action. Therefore it is 
that at Sancton you find all the diflercuce. There they had no more than 
lbs., and that was mixed with chopped stuff, which would tend to take off' 
the effect of the cake. The sheep in that case, you will recollect, in the first 
instance rejected it, and only took it after all in small quantities and mixed 
up with " chop." But, Gentlemen, again my friend says I will show j^ou how 
harmless this is, because I will call people who have used these 8 tons of cake 
which I say is the same as that of which you complain. Now there is no 
proof whatever that that 8 tons of cake were manufactured at the same time 
as the 2 tons on the 13th. All we know is that, on the 19th, that 8 tons of 
cake were put on board Fearnley's boat. When they were made we are left 
entirely in the dark : we do know that the 2 tons were made and sent out on 
I that day, but what happened in reference to that 8 tons we cannot say. But 
let us see what the evidence is upon that. The 8 tons are divided amongst 
three or four cowkeepers, who administer it to their cows. It is done by way 
of a test, and I cannot help thinking that the same offer should have been 
made to us as we made to them, namely, to make these experiments in 
common, at a time when both parties could watch them and see their true 
results; but what is the effect of the evidence given in this matter? We 
have, I think, four cowkeepers called ; Mason has six cows, and he only gives 
them 4i lbs., which in the case of Sancton, you know, was harmless ; Round- 
tree had 1 cwt., and he only gave about hall-a-cake a-day to five ; and Smith 
had six cows, and he gave one cake amongst them ; and Hornby had a cake 
amongst three, and he gave them half-a-bushel of bran just before they ate it. 
Now compare these experiments with the actual facts — not experiments — 
which we have proved, and ask yourselves whether or not my friend can 
satisfy you that these experiments at all indicate that the death in question 
was not due to the particular cause to which we assign it, or was due to some 
particular mode of feeding which he says, he would have you believe, was not 
judicious on our jjart. 
Well, then, you have the evidence of the three scientific gentlemen whom I 
have called ; you have the evidence of Professor Simonds, who told you what 
the cause and effect are in this case, and I will say this : Professor Simonds' 
evidence excludes every cause that can possibly be suggested except that of 
the presence of deleterious foreign matter which ought not to have been in 
this cake ; and, therefore, in these circumstances, can you come to any other 
conclusion than that that was the real cause of all this mischief? You know 
, it is only theory and suggestion on the other side that fail when you come to 
.examine them. 
Gentlemen, I think now I have gone, as shortly as I could, through the 
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