( 885 ) 
or a Month after the giving in of that Report, the fol- 
lowing particulars concurred to put an end to the Di- 
feafe. 
The Cows began their latter Purging, which con- 
tributed much to prevent the Difeale from appearing 
in frefli Places ; and the Cow-keepers were convinced 
that the Difeafe was incurable. 
The knowledge of the Difeafe was {pread all over 
Englandy fo that none wou’d buy a Cow in the Coun- 
try ; and the Gentlemen prevented their being kill’d 
in TowHj by having, the Markets examined daily ; and ' 
fuch Meat condemned as appeared Sufpicious. 
They now divided their Cows into fmall Parcels,- 
by which they loft only that in which the Difeafe hap-' 
pened ; whereas before that Method, when one Cow 
got this Difeafe, if fhe had herded with One, Two, or. 
Three Hundred (the Contagion was fuch) ftarce one 
did efcape. 
Thofe who had no Sick Cows avoided all Com-^ 
municarion with fuch as had. 
They likewife found that the keeping their Cows 
fb long when 111, had been the chief Caufe of their Lofs; 
they therefore now brought them to be Buried on the 
firft appearance of the Difeafe, before the Contagion ^ 
cou’d poflibly have got to any great heighr. 
Thefe were the eftecfts of the Cow-keepers dear^ 
bought Experience ; but it was the indefatigable Care - 
and Diligence of thofe four Gentlemen, who gave a dai- 
ly Attendance, both early and late, that fecured Gw# 
Britain from that terrible Ravage, which was made ' 
by this Diftemper in feveral parts of Europo 
The ftverity of this Difeafe in England did not Jaft 
above three Months ; tho it was not entirely fupprefted ^ 
till about Chriftmas ; But in feveral other Countries it 
continued ! two or three Years 5 and I am credibly af- 
fured,, , 
