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and this was eight or ten days before her expected time of calving. 
She continued affected in the same manner until her calving. 
At times she was most dreadfully harassed with pain : and the 
inversion of the vagina, taking place to a great extent, both when 
she was standing or lying, required attendance night and day 
to retain it in its proper place. 
I advised my employer to endeavour to obtain a return of the 
cow to her former owner, which he did ; but he was requested 
to retain her until he saw how she was after calving. He 
did so ; and little was to be seen for some weeks, when the dis- 
ease returned with its former violence, or even greater, and is still 
continuing. He then endeavoured to send her back again, but 
this was refused. 
The case came before the Court yesterday, and the evidence 
produced proved satisfactorily that the cow had been in the 
state which I have described nine or twelve months previous 
to the sale. A difficulty existed in getting evidence to prove 
whether the case was such as would constitute a sufficient un- 
soundness to enforce her being returned. Ultimately the case 
was ordered to stand over until next court day, when it was 
to be more strictly inquired into. I, therefore, take the liberty 
of soliciting your opinion, which would have much weight in de- 
termining the matter. 
To Professor Dick, Edinburgh. 
Reply to the foregoing Letter, by Professor Dick. 
Dear Sir, — In answer to your inquiries, I have to state that, 
in your part of the country, I understand in cow dealing, and 
even in horse dealing, the warranty or assurance, when any is 
given by the seller to the buyer, is, that the animal (horse or cow, 
as it may be) is “fault free” This, I think, is a very com- 
prehensive term, and appears not only to include a warranty of 
soundness, which means freedom from disease or the seeds of 
disease, but also from every other fault, vice, or bad habit : and 
this kind of warranty, or any other kind of general warranty, has 
no reference to the degree or extent of the fault or disease, but is 
a guarantee that no fault or disease does exist at the time of sale. 
I am therefore surprised that any question should have arisen as to 
the degree of the fault. If, as you say, there is an inversion of 
the vagina as large as a person’s head, and if it is a question 
whether that is a sufficient fault , it might still be a question 
when twice as much was protruded whether it was a sufficient 
fault ; or, perhaps, even the whole of the uterus and vagina had 
