10 “on unprofitable details.” 
the country ? In the country very stringent rules exist, even 
if they are not carried out, with regard to the removal of 
cattle, not only for a stated time after the outbreak, but 
even not until authority to do so has been given by Mr. In¬ 
spector, who may, perhaps, be Mr. Inefficient, notwithstanding 
all of which precautions foot-and-mouth disease continues to be 
very prevalent in this country. The Leader in the Veteri¬ 
narian for October states, that “ in many districts the pro¬ 
visions of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act are wofully 
misapplied, in others they are almost totally neglected, while 
in not a few they are strained to a point which makes them so 
vexatious as to lead to every kind of evasion.” And again, “ In 
the first place, the disease is highly infectious, and its period of 
incubation short, and next to nothing is done to prevent the 
malady.” With such an Order as that quoted above, and 
passed to meet a local requirement, what is there in the 
general regulations to induce stock-owners to confine them¬ 
selves to the strict letter of the law ? Lather; with such a 
precedent as Section 6, may we not say that they are encou¬ 
raged to try every evasion, on the principle of looking out 
for the interest of self, and leaving others to do as they can ? 
There is no doubt the disease is both contagious and infec¬ 
tious, and the period of incubation short; therefore, with all 
due deference to the Inspectors at the show, if foot-and- 
mouth disease manifested itself during the time the exhibi¬ 
tion lasted, not a single animal should have been allowed to 
leave the metropolis alive, as in so doing centres of affection 
would be spread far and wide. Proofs of this are given by 
the reports in the daily papers of the list of purchasers of 
the animals exhibited, from most of the principal towns in 
England. That this view is correct is fully proved also by 
the w r ell-known fact that animals communicate the disease to 
others even with a broad stream of water running between 
the pastures in which they are respectively placed, and 
without any possible means of the malady being communicated 
by direct contact. How much more, then, must animals which 
may probably have seen only their feeders or food suppliers 
for many months, and which are suddenly transferred to the 
turmoil of a crowded London exhibition, with its attendant 
vitiated atmosphere and inconveniences, in addition to the 
excitement of transit by rail, be susceptible to the morbid 
action of the contagion, and be likely to be passed before the 
malady has had time to manifest itself, even if subjected to 
the keen eye of an experienced Inspector ? 
If the precautions taken in London were considered to be 
sufficient to prevent the extension of the malady, why has not 
