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any inconvenience; and that fome of thofe Perfons who 
bad fuffered moft, had never given any. Nor is there 
I any difl’crence between thofe of Brewers and Diftiiiers, 
I only that the latter are the dryer. 
It was likewife faid, that the want of Water was 
the caufe of this Difeafe, for that the Springs and pla- 
ces where People ufed to Water their Cowes, were 
almoft every where dry ; and that many were obliged 
to fend them feveral Miles for Water. This might pro- 
duce fome Difeafes, but fuch only as they got by the 
fatigue of being driven fo farj for Mr. Ratcliff, Mr. Ruf-‘ 
ford and Mr. Pullen, the three Perfons where this Di- 
feaie firfl appeared, had the New River Water running 
thro’ the very Grounds where their Cows conftantly 
Grazed, and cou’d drink at their Plealure, and fo had 
mod of the Cow* keepers at Iflington. 
There were at that time feveral other reports of the 
caufe of this Difeafe, but none that had a fliew of 
Reafon. 
About the latter end of September, the Difeafe in- 
creafed, and the Numbers brought to be burnt were 
fb great, that it cou’d not be well executed ; therefore 
it was judged proper only to bury them fifteen or twen- 
ty Foot deep: but firfl to make large fneifions in their 
mofl Flefliy parts, and to cover them with quicklime. 
At the fame time, having notice that it was a Cuflom 
with the Cow-keepers, to fend their Calves when a 
Week old to Rumjord, to be Sold; and apprehend- 
ing by this means that the Contagion might be carried 
into the Country, 1 required all fuch as had Sick Cows, 
to bring their Calves to be buried ; to which they rea- 
dily confented, and were allowed from Five to Ten Shtl- 
lings per Calf. 
In the beginning of OBoher, being informed that fome 
of the Cows in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hcrtfordjhtre, had 
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