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vegetable manures. I have analysed more manures and vegetables than 
any other chemist in the west of England. I know that Dr. Davey is of 
a different opinion in that respect. I did not find copper in the head of 
the horse I examined. I had, afterwards, a calf, on the 2-Jtli of June. 
1 burnt the blood to carbon ; and, on following lip the test, I found 
black sulphurate of copper in the sucking calf. The calf had four 
teeth. I do not know how old it was. With regard to the herbage and 
grass, I have merely examined the specimens sent me. In 1856 I saw 
grass and fern on the farm. They were both burnt. Mr. Houghton 
directed my attention to the grass. The brown leaves of the fern pro¬ 
duced arise from sulphuric acid. It is not probable that you (the 
learned counsel) could extract a button or spangle of copper from some 
of the fern produced, but I think I could (laughter). Grass does not 
die when provided with water. There is no very striking difference 
between the dead grass of any kind and the grass which may have died 
from drought or other causes. All dead grass is something alike. Sul¬ 
phurous gas also escapes in small quantities from some kinds of coal 
during combustion. Particles of lead are diffused verv extensively in 
lead-smelting works. I have often found lead in all parts of animals 
that have been poisoned by water. 
By Mr. Grove.—The dead grass produced is different in its appear¬ 
ance from grass that died from drought. If from the latter cause, the 
new herbage would spring out generally, and not partially. The fern 
is also different from fern that died from other causes. 
AJr. Herapath was examined at considerable length as to the cause of 
the death of the animals, and the grass and herbage submitted to him 
for analysis. He positively asserted that the destruction of the vegeta¬ 
tion and the death of the animals were produced by the subtle poison in 
shape of sulphate of copper. A minute quantity of sulphurous acid 
serves as a tonic, while a large quantity is a deadly poison. 
The plaintiff was again examined in reference to the specimens pro¬ 
duced by Mr. Herapath. He identified them as being the same sent to 
Mr. Herapath, and produced by him. The specimens were portions of 
the remains of animals and vegetables. The specimens were fairly 
selected from the farm. Some portions of the grass produced were 
taken from the farm the day before yesterday. 
His Lordship. —It would not be unfair to take the specimens from the 
places most affected. 
Theplaintiff said that the specimens were taken from Coed-yr-allt-Issa, 
in a walk straight to his house. There were many portions of the farm 
that presented a much worse appearance than the specimens, and many 
that were much better. 
Mr. Rees Preece, formerly occupier of the farm in question, deposed 
that it contained a capital grass land when he lived on it. It was one 
of the best farms in South Wales for breeding horses and sheep. It 
was completely useless since the copper works had been established.— 
This witness was a remarkably sharp specimen of a Welsh witness, and 
the learned counsel could not catch him napping. Mr. Chambers 
asked him whether he knew the difference between an elephant and a 
horse, presuming that the Welshman would be overawed. The witness, 
however, retorted that he also knew the difference between the learned 
counsel and an elephant. 
Jacob Williams , the farm bailiff of the plaintiff, who had lived in the 
farm since 18-48, deposed to the farm having been a capital one until 
the Red Jacket Copper Works was worked by the defendant. The 
farm had about fifteen hundred sheep, fifty ponies, and fifty cattle. 
