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SHEEP-POX. 
Sheep in this country are free from this terrible malady ; 
hut an outbreak has been reported from Demmin, in Stettin. 
SCAB IN SHEEP. 
Scab still prevails among our flocks in many parts of the 
kingdom, and instances of death from its ravages have been 
reported. In Stettin the affection is on the increase. 
GLANDERS. 
This disease has made considerable progress in the metro- 
polis and its environs, a circumstance which may be reason- 
ably ascribed to the custom of using glandered horses for 
night vehicles in defiance of the provisions of the Contagious 
Diseases (Animals) Act. 
A report from Konigsberg states that glanders has broken 
out among the horses at several stations between Memel and 
Telrot. The first case which was observed was not reported 
to the authorities, and the disease spread unchecked. An 
order has been given for the slaughter of diseased animals. 
Facts and Observations, 
Trichina Spiralis. — Dr. Lindhoir, of Ratzeburg, is 
reported to have discovered trichinm in the scirrhous 
mammary gland of the human female . — Archives de Virchow. 
Effects of the Drought on the value of Cattle 
in France. — The foreign correspondent of the Daily News 
writing on July 7th says that fC A letter from Napoleonville, 
in Brittany, dated June 29th, states that the peasants in that 
neighbourhood, having literally no food to give their cattle, 
are selling them to dealers for almost nothing, c even as little 
as a penny a pound for the live animal/ In Paris an ox 
