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MISCELLANEA. 
TO PREVENT HORSE-ELIES ANNOYING HORSES. 
If a horse previous to being taken out of the stable be 
well sponged with a decoction of laurel-leaves about the 
head; loins, &c., it will be found to be a preventive to his 
being stung and annoyed with horse-flies, which are now 
very prevalent. The decoction is made by boiling the leaves 
in water for a considerable time. The more leaves that are 
used in proportion to the water, the more effectual it will be. 
The decoction should be carefully put away, as it is highly 
poisonous . — Irish Farmer's Gazette, 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
7th Light Dragoons — Veterinary Surgeon J. Barker, from 
the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice 
Phillips, who exchanges. 
10th Light Dragoons — Veterinary Surgeon J. G. Phillips, 
from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice 
Barker, who exchanges. 
Probationary Veterinary Surgeon Paul Anthony, to be 
Veterinary Surgeon, 11th Light Dragoons, vice Gloag, ap- 
pointed to the Military Train. 
Appointments in the Hon. East India Company’s 
Service. 
Henry Dawson, MR.C.V.S. 
H. J. Fitter, M.R.C.V.S. 
OBITUARY. 
We have to record the death of another young member of 
the Veterinary profession, Mr. E. J. Parsons, of Tiverton. 
His diploma bears date May 24, 1853. He died on Sunday, 
Aug. 16 , from an attack of typhus fever. 
We regret also to have to add to the list of the massacres 
in India, Mr. Edmund Chalwin, V.S., 1st Brigade of Artil- 
lery, Cawnpore. 
