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a cut of hay, and from it he produced the lead shown to the 
court; some time after, Welstead brought him the head of a 
lamb, the lungs of a calf, and a bundle of sticks from the farm ; 
they each contained lead, viz., oxide of lead, carbonate of 
lead, and sulphate of lead ; on the 21st of May, witness went 
again, and saw Dr. Taylor and Professor Brande ; they were 
on the part of the Company that time ; their attention was 
directed to two waters there, one was a running brook, the 
other a pool in front of Stevens’s house ; witness took samples 
of both these waters, but found no lead in either of them ; 
there was slag in the water, and in that there was lead; 
thinks, from all the characteristic symptoms, and from finding 
lead in all of the animals, that their death was occasioned by 
lead poison, which may have been deposited from the atmo- 
sphere. This closed his examination. 
The jury here inquired how long Mr. Smith would take to 
cross-examine Mr. Herapath, and upon being informed at 
least one hour, wished the Court to adjourn until the follow- 
ing day, which his Lordship acquiesced in, it being seven 
o’clock. 
Tuesday . 
The court was opened at nine o’clock. 
Mr. Smith proceeded at once to cross-examine Mr. Herapath 
at great length, but could not at all shake his testimony, his 
answers being perfectly clear and * straightforward. The 
learned counsel had the assistance of Professor Brande to 
prompt him in his questions upon chemistry. 
Mr. Smith then addressed the jury for the defendants for a 
considerable time, averring that he should prove that the 
land on that farm was of a poisonous nature, and had been 
for centuries, and that the smelting works had nothing what- 
ever to do with it. 
Having concluded his speech, the Court adjourned for ten 
minutes, and, upon its reassembling, — 
Serjt. KinglaJce addressed the J udge, and said the counsel 
had come to an arrangement, w r hich, he believed, would be as 
satisfactory to all parties as if a verdict had been given either 
way ; here it was not to have ended, and there would be no 
end to the litigation. The arrangement was to withdraw a 
juror, subject to a rule of court. 
The real termination of this case, as far as we could learn, 
is that the plaintiff will be compensated for all his loss since 
1853, and the defendant will purchase the farm. — Wells 
Journal. 
In further explanation of the “ Effects of Lead in the 
