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vertigo were those of abdominal vertigo; thus, instead of violent 
crises, tumultuous, and returning at certain epochs, there was an 
embarrassment of the digestive functions, a drooping of the head, 
and a tendency to walk and press forward. The attempt to cure 
consisted of light stimulants to the digestive tube, and powerful 
revulsives applied externally for the space of ten days. The symp- 
toms of gastro-encephalitis were not manifest until the third day 
after the appearance of the pneumonia. The horse perfectly re- 
covered. 
THE NORTON FARMERS’ CLUB. 
At a meeting of this club, held on the 3d of June, 1844, Mr. 
Hinde gave a very interesting description of the different breeds 
of domestic animals. It is worthy of the author, and would have 
been perfectly unexceptionable if due acknowledgment had been 
made of the sources whence it was derived. This is a fault that 
ought to be more carefully avoided than it generally is. However, 
there is no inconsiderable portion of good writing and excellent 
delineation. 
Mr. Hinde, after a few introductory remarks, proceeded to read 
the following paper on “ The Improvement of the Breeds of Do- 
mestic Animals,” being the first of a series. It is not, says he, 
my intention to enter into an inquiry as to the comparative merits 
of the various breeds or races of our domestic animals, or to endea- 
vour to trace their history or origin: each subject might fairly 
furnish matter for a separate paper ; but, confining myself to a few 
general remarks descriptive of their properties, and of the mode of 
crossing to be observed in breeding, my object is rather to provoke 
discussion, and call the attention of this society to the subject, than 
hoping to add any thing to the stock of knowledge already pos- 
sessed by its members. In selecting this subject, I confess I was 
influenced by observing that it was one that had not already occu- 
pied the attention of this society in its discussions ; and, while I 
admit the paramount importance of draining and cultivating the 
soil (in the discussion of which your meetings have been chiefly 
employed), I conceived that one evening, at least, would be well 
spent in enforcing the importance of improved breeds of live stock. 
The value of this remark will be more apparent when I remind 
you, that the cattle of our country is estimated at 8,000,000, and 
the horses at a million and a half, independent of sheep and pigs. 
Taking these only at £10, there is about a hundred millions of 
