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FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 
At the end of May ten communes were known to be in¬ 
fected, and it is not likely that, under the system which has 
been pursued, the disease could have been eradicated in a few 
weeks. The Belgian press remarks on this point that:— 
“ The cattle plague continues to* prevail in the Departe- 
ment du Nord, although with less intensity than during the 
past month.” 
Cattle plague has again recently appeared in three com¬ 
munes of the Arrondissement of Dunkirk, and also in the 
communes of the several Arrondissements of Douai, Cambrai, 
Valenciennes, and Lille. 
In the French returns it is stated, in reference to the out¬ 
break of the disease in Dunkirk, “ the number of animals 
killed is not known.” 
Belgium has suffered from an alarm, whether true or false 
is not quite certain. On the 25th of May we learn that a 
beast presented, according to the report of the veterinary sur¬ 
geon, the symptoms of cattle plague, and was forthwith 
slaughtered. Measures were immediately taken by the 
Governor of Brabant to isolate the infection and hinder the 
spread of the malady, precisely as if the case had been one of 
undoubted plague, A sensible proceeding, and, under the 
circumstances, much to be preferred to the more philosophic 
policy of waiting for results. 
A fortnight later we are informed that no other case of the 
disease had appeared in the locality. 
In Lower Austria the cattle plague still exists in several 
mote places, but no serious losses are recorded. 
It is reported that the disease has quite disappeared from 
Taganrog. 
SHEEP-POX. 
This disease is reported to exist in three districts of 
the consular department of Stettin. 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 
On the Continent foot-and-mouth disease is still exten¬ 
sively prevalent. The official returns show its presence in 
Pomerania, Hamburgh, Bremen, Dantzic, Belgium, France, 
and the Netherlands. In England the disease has assumed 
in several places a very virulent form. In Lincolnshire, and 
also in South Wales, a considerable mortality from the affec¬ 
tion has occurred, chiefly among calves and pigs. In Norfolk 
also the disease is greatly on the increase. 
