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shells, and the parties owning them derive a livelihood by 
showing them. 
I have frequently heard of this malformation in cattle in 
India, but had never before an opportunity of seeing one; 
and I do not know whether the same is to be met with in 
England. 
The calf is useless to me, as no native will drive or 
use a ec Nadeah” bullock for any agricultural purposes, it 
being considered unlucky to use an animal upon which 
Mahadeo has placed his mark. 
The god “ Mahadeo 55 is believed by the Hindoos to have 
ridden upon a bull, called “ Nadeah,’ 5 who was capable of 
changing his shape, calling into play as many legs or horns 
for offensive or defensive purposes as he might find neces¬ 
sary ; and thus any animal with unnatural or extraordinary 
marks is supposed to have some affinity to the great “Nadeah” 
of Mahadeo. 
ON PLEURO-PNEUMONIA IN CATTLE IN 
AMERICA. 
By C. M. Wood, Y.S., Boston, U.S. 
In a communication forwarded by me to the Veterinarian, 
and dated Feb. 22d, I described a disease in cattle appearing 
in the vicinity of this city. I have subsequently had reasons 
for believing that some opinions therein expressed by me 
should be modified; recent examinations having led me to 
this conclusion. 
On the 27th of February I was requested to visit several 
herds of cattle, seventy miles distant from this city. They 
presented all the symptoms of “ pleuro-pneumonia’ 5 as de¬ 
scribed by the most popular writers on the subject in Europe. 
The disease was of a very malignant type, although its 
course was more protracted than it usually is in Europe. 
Nevertheless its insidious invasion, and its fatal termination, 
seem to bid defiance to the skill of all the ablest practitioners 
in the country. 
Since my visit to the affected district a considerable ex¬ 
citement has taken place among the stock-owners, and they 
are holding meetings of the inhabitants of the towns to 
petition the State Legislature for indemnity, on the con¬ 
dition that, if this be granted, they will exterminate the 
