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stances of the case to the District Commissioner, who did every- 
thing in his power to arrest the progress of the epidemic. There 
was imminent danger of the disease spreading unless it could be 
stamped out without a moment's delay, and my first suggestion 
was to have all the animals slaughtered there and then. Unfor- 
tunately, circumstances over which we had no control prevented 
us putting this measure into execution. There existed no 
authority at that time for such a proceeding, and our endeavours 
to persuade the owners to have the beasts killed themselves 
failed. They absolutely refused to listen to us, in the firm 
belief that cattle-plague was a perfect farce, and that several of 
the animals, if not all, would recover. The only thing we 
could do under these circumstances was to have the stable 
strictly guarded, and this was done. No animals of any kind 
were allowed to leave it, and the greatest care was taken to 
prevent the disease spreading beyond it. It is my firm belief 
that the measures we adopted were thoroughly effectual, and 
that the harm was done before I received information of the 
outbreak of the disease, — the khan in question, being a public 
stable, frequented daily by peasantry with their oxen from the 
surrounding villages. 
On December 15th, a fev/ days after, all Demetrion's cattle 
had died, with the exception of a cov/ that was ultimately saved, 
and of which I shall have occasion to speak in another place. 
I ascertained that a bullock was sick in the Turkish quarter of 
the town, and in quite a different neighbourhood to that in 
which stands Demetrion's khan. On visiting the stable I found 
that one of a yoke of oxen, belonging to a certain Mehemet, had 
just been attacked by the disease. On making inquiries as to 
how it caught it, I was told that Mehemet, being out with his 
cart and oxen on the evening of December 7th, passed by 
Demetrion's khan, and was asked by one of the brothers to 
remove the carcass of a cow outside the town, which he did. 
This led me to inquire what other persons with cattle had been 
in the habit of frequenting the khan. Several were mentioned 
to me, but two only had been to the khan after the disease 
broke out there. These were, first, the servants of Messrs. 
Henry S. King and Co., whose bullocks were stabled on the 
premises of Mr. M'Laughlan, of Larnaca and Tricomo, and who 
frequently went to Demetrion's khan with the cart to fetch 
straw ; second, Hadji Taulli of Livadia, a small village four 
miles from Larnaca, whose bullocks were engaged in carrying 
stone to Demetrion's khan. A third person, named Adam 
Simeon, of Ormidia, had visited the khan on more than one 
occasion since the disease had broken out there, for the purpose 
of attending the animals which, as I mentioned above, were 
