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ABSCESS IN THE OESOPHAGUS. 
The nights are nearly always cool, so that the same amount 
of bed-clothes are required as in winter. Indeed, there is 
but little variation in the seasons, the principal being the 
great power of the sun in the summer’s day, and a much 
larger quantity of rain falling in the winter. The greater 
portion of the good land in this province is in the hands of 
the native owners, who will not at present sell to the govern¬ 
ment ; and this very much retards the progress of the colony ; 
but the natives are very fast disappearing from the face of 
the country. At present, this colony offers a good chance of 
success to the agricultural labourer, and also to the farmer 
or man of large capital, as the really best lands are covered 
with under-bush or scrub, large forests, and high ferns; and 
clearing, fencing, building, &c., so as to get the farms into 
cultivation, involve an expense of at least £10 per acre. 
The amount of veterinary practice here is not large, and 
it would not make me very busy, except during the two 
spring or breeding months. We possess a very good class 
of horses here, also of sheep, and we have likewise many 
very fine cattle ; but no distinctive breed of them, except of 
short-horns. 
I am residing in the suburbs of Auckland, and my land 
is thirty miles from here. There is a very good summer 
road to it, but it is almost impassable through the forest in 
the winter. A large quantity of the land around Auckland 
is not worth cultivating; it is a poor, white, sandy clay, with 
no top soil, and this is the case with many thousand acres. 
The situation of the town of Auckland is very pretty and 
picturesque, consisting of hills and valleys, with many bays 
and indentations formed by the principal harbour, and there 
are some very good streets and buildings, although the major 
part of them are of wood. The longest road properly made is 
about ten miles. The other roads are only tracks cut, and not 
mettalled or gravelled. If we keep free from quarrels with 
the natives, I have great hopes for the future of this country. 
It is more like England, perhaps, than any other part of the 
world. 
CASE OF ABSCESS SITUATED BETWEEN THE 
MUSCULAR AND CUTICULAR COATS OF THE 
(ESOPHAGUS. 
By G. Mather, M.R.C.Y.S., Doncaster. 
A case came under my notice notunlike the one recently 
detailed by Mr. Stevenson, of Newcastle; his being an in- 
