688 
OBITUARY. 
time; from eight, ten, to twenty clays. This can be done 
without fear of accident. One can only be sure of the cure 
being complete when the appetite and the rumination are 
restored to their normal condition. 
ORDER OF COUNCIL. 
By a subsequent Order of Council, published in’the Gazette 
of September 19th, the parishes of Stanton St. Bernard, 
Avebury, and Aldbourne, in the county of Wilts, and Hamp¬ 
stead Norris, in the county of Berks, are included in the list 
of those in which all traffic in sheep is interdicted for the 
next three months. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
Light Horse Volunteer Corps. 
Mr. Gilbert Heyes, M.R.C.Y.S., has been appointed 
Honorary Veterinary Surgeon to the 2nd Lancashire Light 
Horse Volunteer Corps, August 4th, 1862. 
MISCELLANEA. 
DESTRUCTION OF SHEEP BY DOGS. 
A parliamentary return just issued shows that the 
large number of 8897 sheep were killed by dogs within the 
constabulary district in Ireland from the 1st of January, 186l, 
to the 1st of January, 1862. In the county of Donegal alone 
the number killed was 2399- 
OBITUARY. 
Died, July 7th, Mr. John Wallis Nobbs, Cerne Abbas, 
from gastric fever; the deceased was thirty-five years of 
age and was veterinary surgeon to the Queen’s Own Yeomanry 
Calvalry ; he passed his examination in 1847. Mr. Nobbs 
was the third generation of veterinary surgeons, both his 
father and grandfather were in the profession. 
Died on September 3th, Robert Thomas Lambert, 
M.R.C.V.S., London, aged thirty-two. His diploma dates 
May 1st, 1856. 
