REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
411 
The facts set forth in this report are so explicit, that no 
comments thereon are required, and therefore we proceed to 
state, that after leaving Austria, we made our way into 
Bavaria. 
This country ^ in common with so many others which we 
had previously visited, has been perfectly free from the rinder¬ 
pest, since from 1813 to IS 15. Its outbreak at that time was 
referable to the same cause as in Belgium, &c., namely , the 
passage of the Austrian army into France. 
Professor Nicklas, of the MunichVeterinary School, who had 
returned earlier than ourselves from Galicia, informed us that 
pleuro-pneumonia was the chief epizootic disease which now 
existed in Bavaria, but that it had not prevailed to any con¬ 
siderable extent of late years. T he sanitary laws to limit its 
spread are similar to those in other countries, being founded 
on the fact of the contagious nature of the affection. Animals 
which have recovered from an attack are marked on their 
horns with the letters L. S., signifying that they have been 
the subjects of Lungensenche , it being thought that from the 
partial disorganization of their lungs they may be the means 
of spreading the disease for several months after their con¬ 
valescence. 
With regard to the rinderpest, the laws are very severe; 
and through the kindness of Professor Nicklas, we are enabled 
to give the following details of their provisions:— 
“ During the continuance of the pest, no cattle, dead or alive, are 
allowed to be brought across the frontier. Flesh, hides, entrails, horns, 
hair, and tallow of cattle, and bones—whole or crushed—of any animal, 
with their hair, wool,.or bristles, are also especially prevented crossing 
by the cordon ; as are woollen cloths, scutchings of leather, feathers, 
farmyard manure, hay, clover, straw, and all other description of 
cattle fodder. 
“ When the disease occurs on a farm, the affected animals are not 
removed from the sheds, but the apparently healthy are taken to the 
quarantine station. Each commune is obliged to provide a station of 
this description, which is built of wood and divided into two parts, one 
for the doubtful cases, and the other for the supposed healthy. 
“ The Commissioners have the power of allowing medical treatment of 
the animals; but the veterinary surgeon must remain in the quarantine 
and receive all he requires at the end of a long pole. All churches, 
schools, and public-houses of the district are closed, so as to prevent the 
congregating of people together, and remove those inducements which 
might cause persons to come from the infected farms. 
“ On the occurrence of illness among cattle from other causes as well as 
the pest, the Commissioners do not, as a rule, approach the animals, 
but, standing at a distance, and within sight of them, they arrive at a 
decision as to the nature of the ailment, frequently ordering some 
