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REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
and the other towns of Holland. Besides the security thus 
afforded, it is clearly not in accordance with the interests of 
the exporters to put diseased cattle on board, as it is impos- 
sible for them to bear up against the fatigue of a sea-voyage, 
or to be on their arrival here in a fit state to pass the scrutiny 
of our Customs inspectors. 
The cattle which are fattened either for the Dutch market, or 
for exportation, are purchased at the different fairs and mar- 
kets in the country, and are for the most part reared in 
Friesland and Guelderland, scarcely any being brought in 
from other countries. 
Upon the whole, notwithstanding the dangers we have 
pointed out, the system which prevails generally with regard 
to the cattle trade, and the additional regulations which 
would be enforced did necessity arise, appear to offer a fair 
amount of security against the introduction of a new cattle 
pest from Holland. 
Westphalia and Hanover. 
These countries are entirely free from Rinderpest, and 
have been so for upwards of forty years ; and besides which, 
very little disease of any kind w^as found to be prevalent 
among the cattle. The laws w hich are enforced w 7 ith regard 
to contagious diseases, are analogous to those which are 
generally adopted upon the Continent, but differ a little in 
some of their details. 
Pleuro-pneumonia was said by the late M. Hausmann, 
Professor of the Veterinary School, to have been first ob- 
served in Hanover, as early as 1807 (?) Be this as it may, 
the disease has prevailed, with more or less severity, 
down to the present day. Of late years the animals 
attacked have been so few as not to create any great solicitude 
on the part of the government. Precautionary measures 
are, however, adopted on the frontier with regard to cattle 
coming from Holland, which are made to undergo a quaran- 
tine, and none are allowed to enter from Holstein unless 
they are certified to be in a state of perfect health. 
Veterinary surgeons are bound to give notice of all cases 
of contagious disease which they may meet with in their 
practice, and proprietors also are required to report the ap- 
pearance of pleuro-pneumonia or allied affections among 
their cattle. No animal, although seemingly in perfect 
health, if it has been living with others affected with pleuro- 
pneumonia, can be pastured or driven on roads so as to 
come within two hundred yards of other cattle; nor can the 
