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he gave them plenty of good stuff to eat and drink. They fell off’ 
in their flesh. Had not been over-stocking, — he had eight or 
ten sheep and five heifers, with the colts. 
Re-examined. — Mr. Jackson did not over-stock his land, so far 
as he knows of. 
John Smedley. — Has a close on the water-course. Gives the 
same account of the water. He used to turn his cows there in 
eddish time. The cows many a time refused to drink the water, 
and he took them home to water. His cattle did not do so well 
there as in the homestead. In 1831, a cow became ill, and he 
killed her to save her life. She purged very bad. Coat stared. 
That was the first thing he saw : did not eat well. He then 
took her home, and she was killed in his presence. She was as 
poor as a crow, for she had given over eating. She had a dead 
calf five days before she died. He laid the disease to the water. 
He has turned his cows on the eddish by the side of the brook this 
year, because the sough is made, and the water is become good. 
There is nothing to injure the water except the starch manu- 
facture. 
David Gresley. — Lived there all his life, and is 49 years old. 
He gives the same account of the water. His cattle did well 
before the manufactory was made ; but afterwards they were much 
disordered in their bowels, and he thought they were going oft'. 
They were partly supplied with water from the stream and partly 
with some fetched from home. The water was always worse on 
a Monday morning. 
C. Geldeny.— Worked for Mr. Jackson 21 years ago. All 
his cattle turned into the closes near the water did well. Worked 
at the starch manufactory the first two years after its erection. 
He gave an account of the starch manufactory, and said that 
the water from it stunk like carrion, or worse than carrion. There 
was more of this filthy water in the water-course than of the 
original pure water. 
Mr. Hall kept cattle of his own. Water was always put into 
troughs for them, but they could get at the bad water if they 
pleased. 
Cross-examined. — The bran that had lain fourteen days in the 
water was sold for horses, cattle, pigs, &c. Mr. Hall kept a 
vast number of pigs, and a vast number of them died. They 
were fed with the bran or slimes, and he gave up keeping the 
pigs beause he had bad luck with them. Mr. Hall sold them to 
Mr. Drew, but he did not take them all home, because a great 
many of them died. The bran and slimes were afterwards 
washed more with fresh water, and the pigs did better. 
Samuel Harding. — Lived with Mr. Jackson from November 
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