400 
CONTAGIOUSNESS OF STRANGLES. 
1830. Colts. 
January 39 
February 29 
March 24 
April 53 
May 64 
June 157 
July 209 
August 195 
September 160 
October 133 
November 80 
December ..... 52 
1831. 
January 39 
February ...... 30 
March 42 
April 51 
May 63 
June 210 
July 173 
August 105 
September 64 
October 54 
November 34 
December 45 
January 
1832. 
Colts. 
. . 46 
February . 
. . 63 
March . . 
. . 80 
April . . 
. . 59 
May 
. . 54 
June . . 
. . 80 
J uly . . 
. . 100 
August 
. . 112 
September 
. . 109 
October 
. . 85 
November 
. . 85 
December 
. . 104 
January 
1833. 
. . 93 
February . 
. 
. . 96 
March 
. . 99 
April . . 
. . 145 
May . . 
. . 151 
June . . 
July . . 
. . 140 
August 
. . 121 
N.B. The increase in the number of colts was from this fever 
or consequences: 1829 is the year separation of the diseased from 
healthy colts was not attended to. The greatest increase is during 
the hottest and rainy months, except at the beginning, when it 
began a few months after purchase, and this was also the case in 
subsequent years. 
Before 1829 the colts in the upper provinces were purchased 
of the native breeders by native dealers, who sometimes suffered 
losses from colts having this fever while in their possession, and 
being unfit for admission into the service. 
In England it occurs at various periods, according to the ages at 
which colts are transferred from breeders to trainers, dealers, pri- 
vate purchasers, remount, &c., and is frequently the cause of liti- 
gation, some able remarks on which have lately appeared by the 
editor of The Veterinarian. 
I was three years with two brigades of horse artillery at Meerut, 
remounted annually from the stud depots, the colts from which, 
