IN THE GERMANIC STATES. 
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B. In the province of Starkenbourg, consisting of a part of the 
Palatinate, there exists an ordonnance of the 20th of March 1776 ; 
according to which, the seller warrants the horse against MANGE, 
EPILEPSY, BROKEN-WIND, IMMOBILITY, VERTIGO, FISTULA, and 
that the animal has not been STOLEN. Cattle are warranted 
against phthisis, epilepsy, dropsy, turnsick, caries of the 
JAW-BONES, and their having been STOLEN. 
C. The ordonnances in force at Erbach are the same as in 
the Palatinate, as it regards horses, but in cattle they extend to 
PHTHISIS, CHRONIC CATARRH, VERTIGO, EPILEPSY, CARIES OF 
THE JAWS, and REDWATER. 
D. At Isenbourg, the ordonnance is the same as just described 
with regard to the horse. It extends to STAGGERS, THE ROT, and 
PHTHISIS in cattle, but no mention is made of sheep or swine. 
E. In the old territory of Solm and the Electorate of Mayence, 
the ancient usages of the different places are in force, and they 
differ in every place. 
F. In the province of Hesse, on the Rhine, the civil code of 
Napoleon is observed, but still in conformity to the ancient usages 
of the respective places. 
G. At Wimpfen, a city in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, enclosed 
by the territories of the King of Wurtembourg, the warranty ex- 
tends, in the horse, to GLANDERS, FARCY, MANGE, GREASE, 
FOUNDER, BROKEN-WIND, PHTHISIS, IMMOBILITY, and RESTIVE- 
NESS. In cattle, to EPILEPSY, PHTHISIS, MANGE, FARCY, CARIES 
OF THE LOWER JAW, UMBILICAL FISTULA, and PUERPERAL FE- 
VER. In pigs, it extends to DISEASE OF THE LUNGS, and to 
MEASLES ; and in sheep, to SCAB. The duration of the warranty 
is, for the horse, and in different places, four weeks, four weeks and 
a day, and thirty days ; for cattle, from four weeks to three months ; 
and for PHTHISIS from four to six months. For sheep there is 
not any time fixed. 
Prussia. 
In the whole kingdom, with the exception of Rhenish Prussia, 
where the warranty is regulated by the code of Napoleon, the buy- 
ing and selling of different animals is governed by the following 
regulations. When an animal becomes ill within twenty-four 
hours after delivery to the purchaser, it is presumed that the ill- 
ness existed previous to such delivery. The purchaser is com- 
pelled, under the penalty of forfeiting this privilege, immediately 
to advertise the seller of the existence of such illness. In case of 
the absence of the seller, information must be given to the local 
authority, or to a veterinary surgeon. When an animal dies 
within the space of twenty-four hours after the sale, the loss must 
