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advert, numbers of the cattle presented the most distressing spec- 
tacle — bound, scarcely able to support themselves, and vomiting up 
matter from the mouth. The sheep, also, were seriously damaged. 
It is certainly matter of surprise that this evil should have been in 
the midst of us for a month, at least, unnoticed by any of our 
public prints. Hushing up an epidemic is not the way to get rid 
of it. Its extent ought to be distinctly known, its symptoms inves- 
tigated, and the ingenuity of man set upon the rack to devise 
means for its extinction. 
Superintendents of markets have a duty to perform. Should 
they neglect it, it will then be our bounden duty to supply the 
public with the most minute information of the symptoms and 
localities of the pestilence. 
The epidemic which, during the last two or three years, prevailed 
among the cattle in the northern and midland counties, still con- 
tinues with undiminished violence ; or, rather, it is becoming more 
extensive in its progress. The farmer needs no aggravation of the 
ills under which he is labouring. Our advice is to seek some 
shelter, and we know not a surer or better refuge than the principle 
of insurance. 
The advantage of local clubs, so much in vogue in many coun- 
ties, we certainly doubt. Their benefit is at best problematical. 
The monthly meeting is soon expected, when the cottagers and the 
labourers congregate on every month to drink success to the cow- 
club, or to carry round the begging-box, from which its funds 
are afterwards necessarily supplied. The farmer should avoid 
all this : he should secure his cattle property by insurance, as well 
as he does his house and other property from destruction. “The 
Farmers’ Mutual Cattle Insurance Company” should be in everv 
house, and then many a one will thankfully escape from almost 
total ruin. 
CASES OF DISEASE AMONG ANIMALS OCCURRING 
AT THE EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
From the 1st to the 31st of March inclusive. 
Disease. 
Chorea 
Epilepsy 
Staggers 
Palsy 
Diseases & Injuries of Eyes 
Catarrh and Influenza 
Distemper 
Strangles 
Number 
of Casks. 
Dkaths. 
Horses. Cattle. 
Dogs. Cats. 
1 
Horses. 
Cattle. Dogs. 
Cats. 
1 
1 
1 
4 1 
2 

42 ... 
2 !!! 
3 
1 ... 
48 3 
5 
3 1 
