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affected with the brush tick. Six of the lot he relieved by 
ejecting the ticks, but the position of the other two he could 
not find out, so the two pigs never awoke, but died on the 
third day after. How long the porkers had been affected 
previous to discovery of their condition could not be ac- 
curately ascertained. It is still more difficult to find the 
whereabouts of these insects on sheep than on pigs, on 
account of their wool. Dogs are subject to like influ- 
ences, as said already. It is painful to see the poor faithful 
dog dragging his legs behind him at extended length, and 
with imploring looks beseeching his master to see what is 
the matter and relieve him. Yet the kangaroos, although 
infested with these insects, do not seem to suffer like do- 
mestic animals . — The Sydney Empire, 
DEATH OF A WHOLE FAMILY FROM GLANDERS. 
A whole family, named Uncles, residing at Mangherow, 
near Lisadell, have been swept away by this disease. The 
father purchased a horse some time back at a fair at Mayo, 
infected with glanders. He soon afterwards took the disease 
from the beast ; then his wife and four children caught it, 
and they all died in great agony. We have heard that two 
girls living at a place called Windy Gap, about two miles 
from this town, have also been lost from this dreadful dis- 
order . — Sligo Champion . 
BURMESE HORSES. 
There is not what you would really call a horse in the 
country. But instead of horses there is a breed of the most 
beautiful, little, sturdy, sure-footed ponies in the world, 
averaging about 1 1 -hands high, and a good one will carry 
the heaviest man in the army with the greatest ease. It is 
really laughable to see a great man of 14 or 15 stone weight 
jogging along upon one of these ponies, and we might suppose 
it was cruel of him to do so, but, I can assure you, it is not : 
it is quite wonderful what work these little animals will do. 
Besides which they are sure-footed to an extraordinary degree, 
and will go up steps, or along narrow paths, or over rough 
ground, without the slightest danger to themselves or their 
riders. I have bought a small one for which I gave 25 rupees. 
It is not a first-rate one, yet carries me very well. — Extract 
from a Letter from Rangoon . 
