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REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
surles lieux la nature et le traitement de l’epizootic qui s’est manifestes en 
plusieurs eudroits sur la frontiere de la Prusse et de l’Autricbe. Se ren- 
dant Samedi procliaiu dans ce but a Breslau, et desirant acquerir la protec- 
tion et l’assistance des autorites Prussiennes, il s’est addresse a moi, me 
priant de soliciter de Y. E. une lettre de recommendation pour S. E. Mon- 
sieur le President Superieur de la Province de Silesie. 
“ J’ai done eu recours a l’obligeance si souvent eprouvee de Y. E., en la 
priant de vouloir bien recommander le Professeur Simonds soit a la haute 
protection du President. Superieur ou a la beinveillance des autorites com- 
petentes de cette province. 
“ Je dois avertir V. E. que le Professeur compte quitter Berlin pour cette 
province Samedi prochain. 
“ Je profite de cette occasion, &c., 
“(Signe) Augustus Loftus. 
“A. S. E. la Baron de Manteuffel.” 
His Excellency Baron Manteuffel most readily complied 
with the request thus made, and in the evening of the same 
day Lord Loftus wrote as follows : 
Berlin, April 23, 1857. 
“ Sir, — Baron Manteuffel has told me that he will forward, or cause to 
be forwarded, through M. de Baumer, a letter of recommendation for you 
to the Upper President of the province of Silesia, so that on your arrival at 
Breslau you may at once announce yourselves to Baron Schleinitz. 
“I send herewith the despatch for Mr. Ward, her Majesty’s Consul- 
General at Leipzic, to whom I likewise enclose for you a letter of introduc- 
tion. 
“I am. Sir, &c., 
“Augustus Loftus. 
“ Professor Simonds, Hotel Victoria .” 
Being now furnished with all the necessary letters of re- 
commendation, we made our way as quickly as possible into 
Silesia; and arriving at Breslau, at once reported ourselves 
to Baron Schleinitz, by whom we were also most courteously 
received, and who had already prepared for our use a written 
account of the progress which the disease had made in the 
spring of the present year in his province. 
The Baron met us by somewhat facetiously remarking, 
K that fortunately for Prussia, but perhaps very unfortu- 
nately for us, who had travelled so far to study the nature of 
the rinderpest, it had no existence just now in Silesia.” He 
traced, however, upon the map the different places where it 
had recently prevailed near to the Polish frontier, and which 
he himself had visited. He likewise related several remark- 
able instances of the highly infectious nature of the disease, 
and of its conveyance from place to place by indirect means 
of contagion. The following is a translation of the report 
alluded to : 
