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the Agricultural Societies of England, Scotland, and Ireland, under the 
sanction of her Majesty’s Government. 
“ I am, &c., 
“ G. H. Seymour. 
M J. ]3. Simonds, Esq.” 
On calling at the official residence of Count Clam Mar- 
tinitz, we were immediately admitted to an audience, when, 
on presenting our letters of recommendation, His Excellency 
expressed his entire concurrence in the object of our mission, 
and his readiness to afford us every facility in his power in its 
accomplishment. He explained that, in his division of Galicia, 
the malady was fast declining, but in the circle of Neu 
Sandec, and also of Jaslo, a few cases would probably be met 
with. He likewise expressed an opinion that we might have 
to go as far as Lemberg to satisfactorily study the disease, as 
in that division of the country it prevailed to a much greater 
extent. In the event of this being found necessary, he kindly 
promised to furnish us with all necessary letters of intro- 
duction to the governor of the Lemberg division of Galicia, 
as well as to the local authorities of the places we should 
visit in his own governmental division, and also copies of the 
official documents relating to the progress of the disease, and 
the instructions issued by the commissioners of the sanitary 
laws. 
( To be continued .) 
EFFECT OF DARKNESS ON ANIMALS. 
Dr. Kane, in his Arctic explorations, when long ice-bound, 
says — “Themouse-coloured dogs, the leaders of my Newfound- 
land team, have for the past fortnight been nursed like babies. 
To-day I give up the last hope of saving them. Their disease 
is as clearly mental as in the case of any human being. The 
more material functions of the poor brutes go on without 
interruption ; they eat voraciously, retain their strength, and 
sleep well ; but all the indications beyond this go to prove 
that the original epilepsy, which was the first manifestation 
of brain-disease among them, has been followed by a true 
lunacy. They bark frenziedly at nothing, and walk in 
straight and curved lines with anxious and unwearied perse- 
verance. Their most intelligent actions seem automatic ; 
sometimes they claw you, as if trying to burrow into your 
seal skins; sometimes they remain for hours in moody 
