REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 405 
Circle . 
Number of In- 
fected Villages. 
Number of In- 
fected Farms. 
1 Number of Cattle 
kept in the 
Villages. 
Died. 
Killed. 
Total loss. 
Diseased. 
1 
tel 
Wolilau 
5 
7 
828 
5 
8 
10 
23 
Steinau 
4 
35 
487 
97 
78 
107 
282 
Guhrau 
15 
77 
4213 
151 
423 
187 
761 
24 
119 
5528 
253 
509 
304 
1066 
The report states, in conclusion, that, “considering the 
extent of the circles, and the number of cattle kept in them, 
together 'with the length of time which elapsed before a 
correct diagnosis was arrived at, the loss is but a trifling one, 
and especially when it is compared with the thousands of 
animals which are sacrificed to the disease in other countries. 55 
Subsequently to the extirpation of the pest from this part 
of Silesia, in November, 1856, the province continued free 
until the month of March of the present year, when, as has 
been previously explained by the official report which we 
have previously inserted on the authority of Baron Schleinitz, 
some villages lying near to the frontier of Galicia were affected 
by “the introduction of two herds of cattle from that coun- 
try. 55 It thus appears that Silesia has recently experienced 
two separate outbreaks, the first during the year 1856, and 
the second in 1857. 
By the extension of the disease northward Lithuania and 
Courland became affected, the pest showing itself in the 
latter-named province in the autumn of 1856, and continuing 
until Januaiy, 1857, with an estimated loss of 2000 head of 
cattle. Throughout the entire year of 1856, in consequence 
of the steady progress of the disease in Russian Poland, the 
importation of cattle, skins, bones, hair, &c., was strictly pro- 
hibited all along the Russian frontier of Eastern Prussia. 
On the occurrence of cases at Kowno and Tauroggen, and 
particularly at Lansayen and Georgenburg, places near to the 
frontier in the circle of Tilset, more severe measures were 
adopted ; the driving of cattle along the right bank of the 
Niemen was interdicted, and all traffic between the countries 
was suspended. No persons having to do with cattle were 
allowed to cross; or if so, they had to undergo a quarantine, 
-while mail passengers were fumigated at the borders. In the 
month of August the authorities in the circle of Gumbinnen 
