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SMALLPOX OF SHEEP. 
said to be tolerably free ; but in the north-eastern depart- 
ments of France the plague is so firmly established that, 
under existing circumstances, little hope can be entertained of 
its early suppression. In Lorraine upwards of eighty places 
are centres of the infection, besides numerous others in the 
valleys of the Meuse and the Moselle. In one case twenty- 
one animals only were left out of 211, and in another thirty 
out of 300. Both Belgium and Holland are continuing to 
adopt stringent measures of precaution against the introduc- 
tion of the malady. The danger, especially to the first named, 
must be considered as being great. 
PLEUROPNEUMONIA. 
We have to report a slight decrease in the number of 
places in which pleuro-pneumonia now exists compared with 
last month. Twenty counties of England and nine of Scot- 
land are, however, still the seat of the malady. In the 
metropolis there are very many cases of the disease, and some 
of the dairymen are adopting the plan of clearing out all their 
old stock upon the occurrence of a case by sending the ani- 
mals to the butcher, and not making new purchases from the 
country until their premises had been thoroughly disinfected. 
SMALLPOX OF SHEEP. 
There are good reasons for believing that the smallpox of 
sheep is much more diffused in northern Europe than would 
be concluded from the vague reports which reach this country. 
It is admitted that the disease has shown itself in several 
fresh places in Pomerania, and, as was pointed out in our 
last month’s issue, already we have had proof of its existence 
near to Hamburg, an infected cargo having come here from 
that place. Now that the trade in German sheep is about 
to become more active the greatest vigilance will have to be 
observed by the Customs inspectors at the several outports, 
as well as in London. Fortunately, however, all sheep ex- 
ported from the German ports, as well as from France, have 
now to be killed at the place of debarkation, by which means 
we may hope to escape another outbreak of the disease. 
