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liest interest in the question, and also expressed his willing- 
ness to do all that he could in furtherance of our object. His 
lordship explained at some length his views as to the abso- 
lute necessity of keeping up a strict surveillance over all 
articles of commerce which were likely to carry the materies 
morbi of the cattle pest, and of the danger which would be 
incurred in event of its extension, by allowing the importa- 
tions to go on from the great ports of the Weser and the 
Elbe; facts which have already been alluded to in the former 
part of this report. Lord Loftus also dwelt on the amount 
of danger which might probably arise from the free importa- 
tion of bones from Russia and the Baltic ports, and instanced 
a case where an outbreak of the malady was believed to have 
depended on the conveyance of the bones of an animal dying 
with the affection into a stable in which other cattle were 
placed. 
His lordship requested that I would write to him, stating 
the object of our inquiry and the requirements we needed 
from the Government. He also promised that he would put 
himself in immediate communication with Baron Manteuffel, 
and would likewise write to his Excellency Sir Hamilton 
Seymour, her Majesty’s Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, 
to procure for us letters of introduction and recommendation 
to the authorities in the Cracow division of Galicia, in the 
event of its being found necessary to go thus far to complete 
our inquiry. 
A letter containing his lordship’s suggestions was there- 
upon forwarded to him, and to this 1 had the honour of 
receiving the following reply with the subjoined enclosure : 
“Berlin, April 23, 1857* 
“ Sir, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date. 
“ I enclose to you herewith copy of a letter I have addressed to Baron 
Manteuffel, requesting H. E. to give you a letter of recommendation for the 
proper authorities at Breslau ; and I shall not fail to forward to you without 
delay H. E.’s reply. 
“ I shall likewise request Sir H. Seymour to procure for you a similar in- 
troduction to the authorities at Cracow, and shall further beg him to for- 
ward the reply to your address. 
“Poste restante a Cracovie. 
“ I have, &c., 
“Augustus Loftus. 
“ Professor Simonds, Hotel Victoria , Berlin V 
(Enclosure.) 
“ Berln, ce Avril 23, 1857. 
“ Monsieur le Baron, — Le Professor Simonds, Meinbre du College 
Royal Veterinaire a Londres, vient d’arriver a Berlin, etant charge d’etudier 
