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4. That consuming the body by fire is better than burying it. 
5. That travelling stock should, if possible, avoid every 
resting place where any animal has died of this disease. 
6. That some means should be devised to keep the highways 
clear of dead bodies, as — 
First, — That it should be compulsory on the tenant of lands 
fronting the road to burn dead bodies. 
Second, — That persons who permit any dead carcass to re- 
main on or near a highway through their lands, without at 
once proceeding to burn it, should be liable to a penalty. 
7. That a place should be provided in the suburbs of Sydney, 
to which animals dying in the city of disease or accident could 
be taken and burnt. 
We regret to have to report that the disease is no longer con- 
fined to the district within the ranges which we mentioned in 
our last. It has spread about twenty-five miles south of the 
Razorback to Bargo, and has also appeared near Dapto, in the 
district of Illawarra, where there is excellent water, where cul- 
tivated grasses abound, and where the vicinity of the sea sup- 
plies the air and the herbage with saline particles. 
We have great pleasure in stating that we have met with 
every assistance from parties to whom we applied for informa- 
tion, and that in particular very valuable information has been 
given us by Messrs. Cleeve, Argent, Bloomfield, &c. 
Mr. Moore, of the Botanic Garden, has favoured us with a 
report of his examination of the herbage of various places and 
districts where the disease has been fatal. This report we beg 
leave to subjoin as a valuable document : it shews the innoxious 
nature of the herbage, and may act as a guide to future botanists. 
We cannot conclude this report without stating, that by the 
kindness of the Honourable the Attorney-General, we have been 
furnished with the reports of two inquests, in each of which 
death is reported to have been attributable to the absorption of 
animal matter, and in each case the appearances were those of 
malignant pustule. 
These fatal cases are confirmatory of opinions we have ad- 
vanced, and with others which have been made known, lead us 
again more particularly to recommend the greatest caution in 
handling diseased animals. 
R. Greenup 
Charles Nathan 
John Stewart, V.S. 
Jno. Inches 
B. O'Brien. 
