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at her foot; both of them were of the ordinary size, and remark¬ 
ably handsome, of the colour of the dam, which was bay, and 
they were marked as nearly alike to her as possible. I saw 
them in January, and again in April: they were then as much 
grown as foals at that age usually are when they come singly. 
The height of the mare is about fifteen hands one inch, and she 
shews breed. Another similar instance was in a mare of the cart 
breed, several years ago, but whether the twins were colts or 
fillies, or one of each, 1 do not at this time remember. When I 
saw them, they were about a month old. 
A servant now living with me, who was brought up in the 
country, tells me, that whilst he resided with a farmer about 
seven years ago, near Chobham, in Surrey, one of his cart-mares 
brought twins alive, one of which grew into a fine animal; the 
other survived four or five days only. 
SOME UNUSUAL DISEASES OF SWINE. 
By Mr. W. A. Cartwright, of Whitchurch. 
I saw six pigs, two months old, ill at one time, though at¬ 
tacked at different periods; their respiration very quick; husking, 
and foaming at their mouths. They could not bear to be pressed 
about their throats, and they swallowed liquids with difficulty. 
To some jalap was given, to others castor oil and goose oil; 
one was blistered under the throat, and all bled by cutting oft’ 
their tails; but they all died in the course of forty-eight hours 
from the commencement of the disease. 
On examination I found much inflammation under the jaws 
and throats, and a good deal of swelling with effused serum. In 
some of their windpipes, and the branches of the bronchiee, there 
was a great deal of mucus, but no apparent inflammation. In 
one the heart appeared to be inflamed, but, most probably, sym¬ 
pathetically. 
In a sow that I once examined, and that I fancied had eaten hot 
meat, I found half of the stomach (the pyloric portion) and most 
of one side considerably diseased, being schirrous. The exter¬ 
nal coat w 7 as about a quarter of an inch thick, the internal one- 
eighth of an inch thick, and of a yellowish brown colour, and 
sadly ulcerated towards the pylorus. The central stratum w r as of 
a whitish colour. There was also a good deal of serum and lymph 
effused between and throughout the coats where the disease ap¬ 
peared. The other part of the stomach was a little thickened . 
