VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
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He did not know Mr. Coleman, of Long Clawson. Did not know 
of any horse dying from Irving’s rice meal. He had not sold any 
meal to Mr. Coleman. Did not know whether the meal sent to 
Mr. Burgess came from Irvings’. It would come either from there 
or the North Shore. 
By Mr. Wills — Had had no complaint of Burgess before this 
though he had dealt largely with him. Every one now laid illness 
to the rice meal. Farmers know perfectly well what rice meal is 
made of, and can judge better than witness whether it suits their 
horses. 
Thomas C. Pink , in the employ of defendants, said the plaintiff 
never asked him to warrant any of the meal, nor did he ever 
say it was pure. Never said they bought the rice themselves and 
ground it at their own mills. Was never asked to warrant rice meal. 
By Mr. Seymour — Mr. Newton might have asked if they had any 
good meal. If he did, witness would have said u ves.” They thought 
that Irvings’ meal was good. Could not recollect any questions 
being asked as to its purity. There might be some conversation 
about the quality. 
Re-examined — He never said that he would warrant it. 
Mr. Thomas R. Irving , partner in the firm of Irving, Son, and 
Jones, Liverpool, rice merchants, said last year they had a con- 
tract to supply rice meal to defendants. The orders were sent off 
by railway ; the forty packs were manufactured at their mills. 
There was no mixture of sand or grit in the meal they sent. The 
rice in husk is put through stones and other processes, which took 
the husk off and left it white. The husk goes into meal. In the 
process of manufacture sand would come from the stones. The 
meal is everything but the actual white rice. The white colour 
came from the grains which adhered to the husks. They dressed 
about 800 or 1000 packs of rice per week. Always feed their own 
horses on this meal, but in a fluid state. Never heard of any damage 
arising from the meal. They could sell twice the amount of meal 
they now did. 
By Mr. Seymour — Their horses took the meal in water. He had 
no idea of the percentage of sand in the rice meal. He should be 
surprised at 5 per cent. The meal had to pass through a fine wire 
which pressed against the stones, and no coarse sand could pass 
through the wires. 
By the Judge — Sand of the coarse kind produced as found in the 
horses could not pass through the wire. — -(Another specimen was held 
up which the witness said was much finer.) The bulk of the sand 
produced could not pass through the wires, because it was full of 
small stones. The husks went into a machine to be dressed, and 
afterwards into bags. — [Mr. Pyatt’s sample of sand being handed 
up, witness said it contained bits of straw.] The greater part of 
this sand could not go through their wires. 
Mr. McCannister , foreman to Messrs. Irving and Co., gave evi- 
dence as to the manufacture of the meal; and that the several 
quantities sent to Messrs, Warhurst were all made alike. He did 
