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down resting on his sternum, eating hay. Urged to get up, 
he did so, but was immediately attacked with severe asphyxia, 
fell down, rose again immediately, when he was again taken with 
asphyxia which, however, passed off quickly. He was pulseless, 
the beatings of the heart were very faint, the visible mucous 
membranes extremely pale. Death occurred in 25 minutes. 
Post-mortem : When the abdomen was opened the blood 
rushed out. The heart was enlarged, weighing 10 pounds, 
with fatty degeneration. The spleen was of enormous size, 
weighing 9^ pounds, measuring 31^2 inches in length, 15^ 
in width and from 2 to 4^ in thickness. It presented a rupture 
14 inches long and 3 inches wide. What was the cause of it? 
—( Veterin. Record.') 
A VETERINARY JOURNEY TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
LIFE ON A BRITISH TRANSPORT—ON THE ROCKS—STAMPEDE 
OF MULES WITH FEARFUL LOSS. 
By Hal C. Simpson, D. V.S., Denison, Iowa. 
After some preliminary correspondence relative to the trip, 
received telegram to come at once if I desired to go to South 
Africa and to report time of arrival. I telegraphed “There 10 
A. M., Thursday, May 10.” The operator got it 3.10 A. M., so 
that when I arrived in New Orleans the ship was loaded and 
they were waiting for me. Reported at ship to Prof. Owen 
Williams, who was the principal veterinary officer in America. 
He showed me around the ship, and gave me directions about as 
follows : Water at 6, then hay ; water at 10, then hay ; water at 
1, then hay ; water at 4, then mash water at 7, then hay. 
Give all the water they will drink every time, and each time 
a fair allowance of hay, except at seven, then all they want. 
Feed light the first few days. The mash was oats and bran, 
equal parts, thoroughly wet; every few days some magnesium 
sulphate in it; occasionally some potassium nitrate was added. 
Was told I was to be in complete control of everything. I 
had 65 men—one muleteer at $40, four foremen at $30, the skin¬ 
ners (so called) getting $15 for the trip. I picked out three men 
for my assistants, the rest were care-takers. Anything wrong 
was to be reported to the deck foreman, and he to report to me. 
I made about four rounds per day to see that everything was all 
right, besides being always subject to sick call. There was a 
steady night guard under a foreman, who were supposed to be 
