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^ured, that in Holland it now rages with as much vio- J 
lence as ever; and that they have loft in Cows, I 
Oxen and Bulls, above Three Hundred Thoufand. 
The Providence of God has fo dilpofed the matter 
of Animal Bodies, as to render Contagious Difeafes ve- 
ry feldom infecftious to different Species; but Expe- 
rience demonftrates, that Contagions may be commu- 
nicated to the fame Species, by touching the Woolen, 
Linnen, to which the Infedious Effluvia of the 
Difeafed had adhered, tho’ the two Bodies Ihould be at 
a very great diftance ; and I verily believe that more 
•Hundreds died from the Infedion, which was carried 
by the Intercourfe that the Cow keepers had with each 
other, than Tingle ones by the original Putrifa6lion. 
The Nature of Contagious Difeafes are but little j 
underftood, and it would neither be agreeable to my j 
Defign, nor ufeful to the Publick, to' fay more of this 1 
than what was evident : But 1 have been particularly J 
careful, not to omit any thing Materia), either for j 
defcribing the Difeafe, or manitefting the Methods that ] 
were taken for fiipprefting it; becaufe it is more than ^ 
probable that the fame Care wou’d be equally fuccefs- j 
ful in any other Species of Cattle. j 
The number of Bulls and Cows loft by this Difeafe, 1 
in the Counties of Middlesex, £(fex and Surry, were | 
Five Thoufand Four Hundred and Eighteen ; and of | 
Calves, Four Hundred and Thirty Nine ; and the Mo- i 
ney iftiied for them, at Forty or Ton Shillings fer Cow, | 
was the Royal Bounty of his Majefty, from his 1 
own Civil Lift : and tho’ neither the four Gentlemen, | 
nor I, made any demand for a Reward, or for Expences, j 
yet it amounted to 6774/. i /. \ d* But the entire lofs I 
to the Cow-keepers, as delivered in upon Oath, was | 
24500/. (exclufive of the 6774/. ^ tho‘ com- 1 
puted but at Six Pounds fer Cow ; which at a Medium, I 
was 1 
