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the keep becoming short at this date, the nineteen grazing 
animals were taken out of the field—and put into another— 
a piece of good feeding ground, locally designated “ tart 
land” from its causing diarrhoea among the cattle when first 
placed upon it. Here they remained until the morning of the 
7th, when they broke out, and were then turned into No. 30— 
a suspected field. They continued in No. 30 till the 10th, when 
they w T ere returned to the original pasture, and where the cow 
had remained during the whole of this time. On the morning 
of the 11th four were found dead, and in consequence of 
this the remaining fifteen were taken into the yards and bled, 
and had administered to them some aperient medicine. Not¬ 
withstanding these precautionary measures, another of the 
animals died on the same day, and four more on the following 
day, the 12th. The remaining ten were again turned out, 
but into an unsuspected pasture, and of these, four died 
during the next day, the 13th. 
The six animals which were left were afterwards kept off 
the suspected fields, and went on well. Two of them were 
sold for slaughtering a few weeks subsequently, being in 
good condition, and the other four during the autumn. The 
cow also, which, it has been shown, did not go unto the sus¬ 
pected land, has continued well down to the present time. 
She was neither bled nor physicked. The piece of (i tart 
land,” on which the animals were placed on the 3rd of July, 
and where they remained till the 7th, when they broke 
out, is not thought to be injurious, in so far as the production 
of splenic apoplexy is concerned, because neither sheep nor 
cattle have ever died w T hile upon it. 
On the 26th of July the disease showed itself among 
another lot of fifteen grazing animals which had been on the 
farm for about four months. They were at pasture at the 
time on No. 37, not until then a suspected field. Three of 
the animals died on this dav. The remaining twelve were 
then taken out, and no more deaths occurred. The field 
was then shut up and afterwards mowed. 
* On August the 27th a beast, which had been kept quite 
apart from the other animals, was put into the pasture ad¬ 
joining No. 37, and was found dead in a secluded spot, after 
being missed for two or three days. This case is thought, 
however, to be a doubtful one of the disease. 
During the latter part of the summer two colts at pasture 
on No. 30 died, and, as is believed, from the same disease. 
On September 12th a beast died on No. 37. Had not 
been on No, SO. 
On October 9th another beast died on No. 37, which 
aUo had not beep on No, S0 ; 
