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CATTLE PLAGUE. 
free from cattle plague, although it is still very prevalent in 
Galicia and in two districts of Lower Austria. 
The disease also exists in Scutari and in the Island of Leti, 
at the mouth of the Danube. 
We add to the report of the reintroduction of the cattle 
plague, as published in our last number, the particulars of 
three other cases which took place, on the eve of its publica¬ 
tion. The first of these imported cases was into London, the 
second Hartlepool, and the third Newcastle, all of which 
ports had previously had diseased cattle sent to them. 
In the case of London the cattle were all Russian, shipped 
at Cronstadt. They numbered thirty-five, and were brought 
in the Viatka. The vessel left Cronstadt on July 20th, and 
on her way called at Copenhagen, a circumstance which pro¬ 
bably has given origin to the report of cattle plague being in 
Denmark. It is believed, however, that no cattle went 
ashore at that port. Leaving Copenhagen, she made London, 
and landed her cattle during the night of July 28th at Dept¬ 
ford. When first seen by the inspector, three of the animals 
were found to give indications of ill health, the others being 
far more prostrated from the voyage than is ordinarily the 
case. The diseased animals were at once killed, and an ex¬ 
amination showed that the suspicion of their being infected 
was fully confirmed. All were destroyed by the steam 
process in use at the market. 
It was subsequently ascertained that five beasts had died 
on the passage, and, doubtless, every one of them from cattle 
plague. The first died early in the morning of the 26th, and 
two others during the same day. The fourth and fifth died 
on the 28th, the day of landing, the last so near our shores 
as to have the carcase disposed of by throwing it overboard 
near the “ Sunk Light ” off Harwich. 
In the Hartlepool case twenty-six German cattle, from 
Hamburg, were landed from the Gipsy Queen at about 5 a.m. 
on July 29th. The vessel arrived in dock late on the pre¬ 
vious night, and was boarded by the inspector, who did not 
then detect any disease among the cattle, nor at his next ex¬ 
amination, which was made immediately after they were 
landed. On his final examination, made after twelve hours’ 
detention, symptoms of illness were detected in one animal, 
and the whole were consequently detained, that the true 
nature of this illness might be ascertained, every precaution 
being taken to prevent mischief resulting in the event of the 
disease proving to be' cattle plague. Within a few hours not 
only were the symptoms of cattle plague fully established in 
this animal, but others of the cargo began to sicken with the 
