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the herbage of the pasture good—circumstances most favorable 
for their recovery. All were kept throughout July, and until 
the 4th of August, when I determined, as it was evident two 
would ultimately sink, to kill three of the entire lot, viz., the 
two in question and one of those which had greatly improved 
in condition, and which had had no medicine throughout. 
My chief reason in taking the resolve with reference to the 
latter-named animal was to ascertain on what its improved 
state depended, or whether, in fact, it was the subject of the 
entozoic disease—rot. On making the post-mortem examina¬ 
tion of this animal it was found that only a few flukes were 
present in its liver, and that the structure of the gland was 
but little changed—facts which fully accounted for its well 
doing. 
With reference to the two remaining sheep, one of which, 
it will be remembered, took the medicine and the other not, 
I feel assured that their improvement is due entirely to the 
same cause. I have further to report, however, respecting 
these sheep, that being ewes, I placed them with my breed¬ 
ing flock at the time of putting the rams to the animals, 
and intend to keep them throughout the winter to mark 
the result, giving them no more attention as to feeding and 
management than the flock will receive. 
On reviewing all the details of this experiment, I fear we 
must conclude that this supposed cure of rot in sheep has 
proved quite ineffective for good in our experience. 
INVESTIGATIONS ON HYDROPHOBIA IN DIFFERENT PARTS 
OF EUROPE, ESPECIALLY IN UPPER ITALY. 
By AI. Boudin. 
The geographical study of rabies furnishes powerful argu¬ 
ments against the spontaneous origin of the disease. In 
1856 there w r ere 75,446 dogs in the Department of the 
Seine, and in 1857 the number had only fallen to 64,408. In 
France there are two cases of rabies out of every million of 
inhabitants. At the veterinary school of Alfort 42 rabid 
dogs were received in 1856, only twelve in 1857, and as 
many as 56 in 1858. Out of 239 cases of rabies recorded in 
France there were 157 men and 64 women ; out of 228 
persons bitten in France 188 were bitten by dogs, 26 by 
wolves, 13 by cats, and 1 by a fox. 
Respecting the seasons of the year, it has been found, by 
