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horse, the property of Arthur Pease, Esq., of Hummers- 
know, near that town, which the coachman said had not 
been doing well for the past few weeks. The horse fed 
badly and was losing condition. Mr. Hedley’s diagnosis 
of the case was that the horse was suffering from some 
simple derangement of the digestive organs, and that this 
was probably associated with the existence of worms, of 
which there were some indications. 
Some alterative and anthelmintic medicine was adminis¬ 
tered, and followed up by tonics. The horse improved con¬ 
siderably under this treatment, but still did not present that 
same glossy appearance of his coat that his companion did. 
In the month of May last similar means were adopted for 
the improvement of his health, after which he was turned 
out to grass on the 15th of June, in a field situated near the 
river Tees, in company with a two-year old colt. Here he 
remained till the 8th of August, when he was taken up 
to he prepared for work. He returned apparently in 
blooming health, fat, and glossy in his coat, but instead of 
being a bright bay , as he was when he was turned out, he 
was now perfectly black in colour. The horse has been in 
Mr. Pease’s possession for about two years and a half, and is 
now seven years old. What adds to the singularity of the 
case is that no change of colour ever took place in previous 
moultings. 
Facts and Observations. 
Re-appointment of Veterinary Surgeons as 
Inspectors. —At the special general court of quarter sessions, 
held at Bedford in the first week of August, Mr. H. Thornton 
called attention to the great increase of cattle disease in 
the county, and as it was spreading to a very great extent 
he urged the necessity of taking immediate measures to 
counteract it and prevent its propagation. 
The Chief Constable stated that there were now 7,450 
infected animals in the county—cattle, sheep, and swine. 
Thechairman (Mr. Harvey) thought that the most stringent 
measures should at once be taken, if possible. Mr. Bassett, 
M.P., was under the impression that it was a penny-ivise and 
pound-foolish policy to employ the police as inspectors , as they 
were not familiar with the premonitory symptoms of disease. 
The Rev. J. Clegg and Colonel Ames bore testimony to the 
spread of the foot-and-mouth disease in their respective loca¬ 
lities, as did also Colonel Lindsell and other justices. On the 
