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REPORT ON THE CATTLE PLAGUE. 
food to be offered as a test of their freedom or otherwise from the 
malady. In those instances where the Commissioners enter the stable, 
they are compelled, before leaving, to wash their hands, &c\, with vinegar, 
and have their clothes fumigated with chlorine gas. 
“All dogs, cats, rabbits, domestic poultry, pigeons, &c., have to be 
kept in places of security and close confinement. If the disease exist 
in a village through which a high-road runs, the course of the road is 
turned, if possible ; but when this is not practicable, then a guard 
accompanies the several travellers who arrive at the boundaries of the 
cordon , to see that they do not go upon any infected premises. The 
cordon is frequently maintained by the peasants : none, however, are 
taken for this purpose from an infected village, but the selection Is made 
from contiguous villages or farms where the cattle are healthy. 
“As soon as the malady is observed in a commune, notices are sent to 
all the surrounding places so that precautionary measures may be imme¬ 
diately adopted by the owners of cattle. Each commune has to provide 
a place for the burial of the animals which die or are slaughtered, and 
also a waggon and horses to carry them upon : and, on the disease 
passing away, the waggon is burnt, and the horses are washed with a 
solution of chlorinated lime. The place of interment is likewise enclosed, 
and not allowed to be disturbed for several years. 
“On an inspection of supposed cases, the animals which give indi¬ 
cations of the malady by spasmodic twitchings of the muscles are 
ordered bv the Commissioners to be taken to the burial ground, where 
they are killed, and interred with their skins on, these being cut in the 
usual manner. Occasionally, a special order of the Government 
permits the removal of the skins, which are then to be subjected to a 
disinfecting process, under the immediate superintendence of the Com¬ 
missioners. If only a few cases occur in a large herd of cattle, the 
Commissioners have the power to suspend the slaughtering of the 
exposed animals for a few days, in order to watch the result: such 
animals have a value put upon them, which is paid by the Government. 
Should no animal fall ill within twenty days from the death or 
slaughtering of the last case, then the quarantine is raised; but the 
cattle which have been liberated are not allowed to go near to others 
until they have been washed with a solution of chlorinated lime. 
On the discharge of the animals, the quarantine station is razed and 
burnt. 
“The Commissioners have to report day by day every occurrence to 
the Government, and to give the fullest particulars, even to the names 
of the persons employed at the cordon , and the age, colour, sex, &c., of 
the cattle in the quarantine. The hay on a farm at the time the pest 
occurred is not allowed to be used for cattle, but must be consumed by 
horses and sheep.” 
Such are the regulations existing; in Bavaria: in substance 
they agree with others which have been previously given, but 
nevertheless we are of opinion that they should find a place 
in this report, as several of the details are singularly minute 
in providing against an extension of the pest. A great 
difficulty must evidently belong to the carrying out of the 
requirement respecting the consumption of the hay, and more 
particularly if the malady should break out in the autumnal 
period of the year, as then nearly the whole crop would be in 
