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they are found and brought to maturity. I myself consider that 
the vegetable matter and soil through which the water filters 
furnishes the ova, which, being taken into the stomach and in¬ 
testines, and being smaller than the globules of which either the 
chyle or blood is composed, pass easily through the absorbents, 
and even the secerning vessels of the glands and of mucous or even 
serous surfaces. This appears to be the only way in which we can 
rationally account for their being found in the various parts of 
the body in which they are met. I can readily conceive it pos¬ 
sible for the ova to be transmitted through every series of rami¬ 
fying vessels in the body, and yet not become developed until 
accidental circumstances turn up, such as a diseased gland, so as 
to favour the unfolding of that vital and vivifying principle in¬ 
herent in seed of every kind. 
In my last paper these worms are stated to belong to the 
strongylus species; but upon examining them more minutely, I 
consider them belonging to the variety called ununaria, the 
characters of which are, body filiform, elastic, head with mem¬ 
branous angular lips; the tail of the female needle-shaped, and 
that of the male, armed with two hooks encased in a pellucid vesicle. 
The characters of the strongylus species are, body round, 
long, the fore part globular and truncate, with a circular aper¬ 
ture, fringed at the margin; the hind part of the male hooded, that 
of the female pointed. 
P.S. I forgot to state, that my son has met with these species of 
worms in the bronchial tubes and air-cells of an ass, whilst 
dissecting at college; and what was very singular, there were no 
urgent symptoms before the animal was killed, to lead to any 
suspicion of their existence. 
THE VETERINARIAN, JULY 1, 1835. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.— Cicero. 
ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS. 
During the last month no fewer than seven anonymous 
contributions have been laid on our table. To the writers of 
some of them we are grateful; but the obligation would have 
been much increased had we been permitted to know to whom 
