ON THE EPIZOOTIC DISEASES OF CATTLE, &c. 137 
On the 19th of December he bought from the same dealer 
seven other heifers. They were the last of the lot, and had been 
at Kendal fair, and, not selling, came back to the same land. 
Between the fair-day and the 19th of December they had the 
same complaint, and were nearly well. 
The first six galloways were out of doors when they were 
taken. They were in tolerable condition, and two years and a 
half old. The ten cows and the heifers that became ill from the 
23d to the 30th of November were in-doors, and generally in milk. 
Both the young and the full grown cattle were equally subject 
to the disease. All suffered, both in the feet and the mouth, 
and in the feet first. There were no cases, in Mr. Fothergill’s 
immediate neighbourhood, in which any of the animals became 
affected a second time. 
A flock of thirty Cheviot ewes and a tup took the complaint, 
being in the field in which the six galloways were put when 
brought from Kendal fair. The shepherd’s dog also suffered 
both in the feet and the mouth. On the other hand, Mr. Fother- 
giil had cattle and sheep on other parts of the farm that were quite 
well, having taken care to prevent their being on the same land 
with the infected ones, or tended by the same shepherd. In the 
whole of the township not a single animal died. 
Nothing can be more satisfactory than this account, so far as 
it goes. The infection was plainly traced to Kendal Fair. In 
some future accounts we shall be able to follow its progress yet 
farther. 
The quantity of milk was lessened in the cows, even though the 
udders presented no symptom of disease. In some the milk was 
quite lost. The milch cows were almost invariably longer in get- 
ting well than the young cattle. One cow slipped her calf, ap- 
parently in consequence of the disease. 
None of the horses on the farm were attacked by any peculiar 
disease before or during the cattle epidemic. 
Mr. R. W. Fisher has also a farm in the neighbourhood of 
Kendal on which the epidemic made its appearance in the latter 
part of November. His cattle had not been in communication 
with any others, but the pasture which they occupied adjoined 
a public road, along which some infected animals had probably 
been driven. The heifers were out of doors, and in good condi- 
tion ; but, contrary to what occurred with Mr. Fothergill’s cat- 
tle, the disease appeared first in the mouth, and afterwards in the 
feet. As we proceed we shall have several instances of this dif- 
ference, and may be able in some degree to account for it. 
Mr. Foster had about forty head of cattle and fifty sheep. 
Only four of his catlle — three yearling skye heifers and one old 
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