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blished, superintendents and cattle inspectors appointed, and 
these persons provided with written instructions and bound 
by oath to their observance ; all trade in cattle was forbidden 
within a circuit of three miles, all dogs chained up, and every 
proprietor of cattle within a circuit of two miles from the 
infected place was bound upon pain of incurring the penally 
of sec. 309 of the Criminal Law, to give immediate notice 
even of the least symptom of disease among his cattle, to the 
mayor of the place, who had forthwith to inform the coun- 
cillor of the administration of the district by an express 
messenger of such cases of disease, provided they did not 
proceed from exterior injuries.” 
“ These measures for prevention and cutting off intercourse 
were in no instance abandoned before the expiration of the 
fourth week ; and the carcases of the cattle that had died of 
the pest, or had been killed in consequence of its appearance 
in affected districts, no matter whether diseased or healthy, 
were always, after their skins had been cut in pieces on all 
parts of the body, buried in pits from six to eight feet deep, 
each carcase being previously covered with unslackened 
lime.” 
At the first the chief execution of these preventive means on 
the several farms was intrusted to civilians, but very early in 
the progress of the malady the military was employed. The 
disease presently began to subside, but despite every pre- 
caution occasional cases occurred, so that the department of 
Bromberg was not entirely freed from it until the beginning 
of 1836. 
The cordon , however, on the frontier of Poland was not 
raised ; but on a decline of the disease in that country a 
removal of the impediments which had been placed in the 
way of trade w 7 as gladly permitted. Individuals who could 
satisfy the officers of the urgency of their business — which, 
however, must not be in connexion with cattle or cattle offal 
— were, by reason of a certificate from the councillor of 
administration of the district, allowed to cross the frontier, 
through the custom offices, into Poland. Upon similar con- 
ditions foot passengers, who must, however, be furnished with 
only the most necessary requirements, were likewise per- 
mitted to pass into the department of Bromberg from Poland. 
Nevertheless all individuals crossing the frontier, together 
with their effects, were required to be disinfected in the 
establishments erected for that purpose at the boundary 
custom place, under the superintendence of a gendarme. 
Persons travelling post were likewise subject to the same 
regulations, and spun goods were not allowed to enter. 
