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a small abscess. There was no appearance of acute inflam- 
mation during the whole time he attended her, which must 
have been the case if the disease had been of recent 
occurrence. 
Mr . Andrews addressed the jury, and called the defendant, 
who said that he bought the mare at the Lincoln April Fair 
for £30, and had a written warranty with her. He used her 
as his hack for a time, and then turned her out to grass for 
about two months. She was brought from grass some time 
in October, and sold to the plaintiff at Stamford November 
Fair. She always appeared lively and well, and never had a 
cough. 
Messrs . William Baff, William Hardy, John Pawlett, Thomas 
Barker , Ilenry Whincup, William Hares, and Smeeton, of Kirton, 
were examined in support of the defence. 
Professor Spooner was next called, and gave a very interesting 
description of the appearances and effects of abscesses upon 
the lungs and surrounding parts. He said it was one of the 
nicest points in medical science to determine the length of 
standing of a disease from the appearances after death. He 
did not think the examination made by Mr. Rowell was 
sufficiently satisfactory to enable him to determine the length 
of time the disease had existed. There were many instances 
where chronic abscess might have existed for months and 
not give rise to any very decided symptoms of disease, if the 
animal were not submitted to severe physical exertion. But 
he had known large abscesses to form in four or five days, 
and the inflammatory action with which their formation was 
attended to have subsided in a fortnight or three weeks. 
The Judge summed up; and the jury, after a short con- 
sultation, returned a verdict for the defendant. 
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AGRICULTURE IN CHINA. 
“ In all parts of China to which we have access we find not 
only that every foot of ground is cultivated which is capable 
of producing anything, but that from the value of land and 
the surplus of labour, cultivation is rather that of gardeners 
than of husbandmen. The sides of hills, in their natural 
declivity often unavailable, are, by a succession of artificial 
terraces, turned to profitable account. Every little bit of 
soil, though it be only a few feet in length and breadth, is 
turned to account; and not oniy is the surface of the land 
