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making about three turns of the barrack-yard, he suddenly fell, 
and never moved. He was dead. 
Having described one case, it is almost unnecessary to say 
more: suffice it to add, that five horses altogether died with 
symptoms nearly similar, the last being at an interval of two 
months from the supposed infliction of the bite. 1 did not exa¬ 
mine any of them after death, for the subject was a very painful 
and unpleasant one to me. I was ordered officially to declare 
my opinion, and I could have but one (which I would much 
rather not have given), that the dogs and horses died rabid; on 
the strength of which report the major was called upon to pay 
for the young officer’s three horses.—The worst remains to tell: 
the cornet, who was one of the most promising of young men, was 
continually thinking about his horses, and from that time be¬ 
came an altered man. He took all kinds of strange fancies into 
his head, and did all sorts of odd things; evident symptoms of 
mental derangement were at times manifested; and in about two 
years he left the regiment, considered by all w'ho knew him to 
be slightly deranged. His further melancholy history is knowm 
to the public: he was the unfortunate Mr. Pate, who struck her 
Majesty. 
I find my remarks have insensibly spun out to a greater length 
than I intended. 
Believe me, dear Percivall, 
Ever your’s truly, 
J. W. Gloag. 
W. Percivall, Esq. 
OBSERVATIONS ON INTESTINAL CALCULI IN HORSES, 
AND ON SHOEING, COLLECTED IN INDIA. 
By T. Hurford, V.S., 15th King’s Hussars. 
To the Editor of u The Veterinarian .” 
Dear Sir,— SOME cases of intestinal calculi, related in last 
month’s VETERINARIAN, have recalled to my mind how con¬ 
stantly I have been astonished by the presence of quantities of 
gravel, &c. in the intestines of horses in India. 
There, the troop horses are picketed in the open air, no pave¬ 
ment, no racks and mangers, and the quantity of dirt, &c. eaten 
by some of them is wonderful : it is not confined simply to clay, 
but good sized pebbles, pieces of pottery, nails, See., I have con- 
