CATTLE PLAGUE. 
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of the discovery of cattle plague is quite distinct from the real 
date of its outbreak in a herd. In the pure atmosphere of the 
Yorkshire coast, and in open pastures, the plague, as a rule, 
does not spread with the rapidity which marks its progress in 
a crowded cattle shed in a town; and during the last few weeks 
we have met with several instances of animals remaining well, 
to the eye of the attendant, for eight or nine days, even when 
they have been anxiously watched; although when such 
animals were examined post mortem the lesions were clearly 
indicative of the fourth or fifth day of cattle plague. In the 
Pocklington case nothing alarming was observed until the 
disease had spread through the herd, and several of the cattle 
had died before the nature of the malady was suspected. 
Six days after the slaughter of the heifer at Patrington the 
steer was taken ill, and was also slaughtered. In three days 
more, a calf in the next field (Sanderson’s) was attacked and 
died the following day. The remaining two calves were found 
to be ill, and they likewise died in a few days. 
In the next week, the two cows were attacked, and died 
after a few days’ illness. We have the distinct statement of 
one veterinary surgeon who saw the calves, and another who 
examined the cows, that the animals were the subjects of 
cattle plague. Whether or not infected cattle were sold in 
Hull market on the succeeding Monday, August 5th, is 
uncertain, as none of the animals appear to have escaped the 
butcher; but on August 12th Mr. Taylor, near Bridlington, 
bought three steers there, and gave them in charge of a 
drover to truck them to his place. One of these animals was 
killed by a butcher at Bridlington; the other two, with one 
of his own stock, were sent to Hunmanby market on 
August 19th. 
Mr. Berriman, of Pocklington, brought the two Hull 
beasts, with twenty others which came from a healthy farm 
near Bridlington. The third animal did not come from Hull. 
It has been traced to a pasture near Normanton, where it 
remains perfectly well. In the history of the outbreak among 
Berriman’s stock, it appears that one of the Hull beasts was 
amongst those first observed to be ill, and then in quick 
succession the rest of the animals of the herd were attacked. 
On Mr. Taylor’s premises a bull died on September 4th, and 
cows which had been sent to him on August 31st, two days 
before he was ill enough to attract attention, were attacked 
with cattle plague in six days afterwards. From this centre in 
Bridlington the disease extended to several neighbouring 
herds. 
It is to be expected that reports of outbreaks in the 
