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FOOT-AND-MOUTII DISEASE. 
we only think it worth while to say that there is not a word 
of truth in the statement that the carcases of the cattle plague 
animals at West Hartlepool were sent out to sea, and were, 
as at Hull, afterwards washed ashore. The fact is, all the 
carcases of the supposed healthy as well as the known dis¬ 
eased and all offal, were buried on a piece of land called the 
“ Slake/’ where they rest undisturbed to this day. 
On the Continent the cattle plague is still rife in Russo- 
Poland, in the Government of Lublin; also in Scutari and 
the surrounding villages, as well as in Salonim. On Sep¬ 
tember 23rd another outbreak of the disease was reported 
from near Hamburg. The malady appeared among cattle in 
a field not far from the town. It was suspected in this case 
that the infection had been conveyed by persons passing 
through the field, as the previous case had happened at a place 
a mile distant. The cows, sixteen in number, and two others 
in an adjoining field, were killed and buried; and all the 
cattle round the infected spot immediately housed and 
placed under a strict watch. No further outbreak has since 
been reported. 
SHEEP POX. 
Since our last report we have intelligence that this 
disease is spreading in Pomerania, and that seven districts 
in the Government of Koslin are now infected. The malady 
has also extended the area of its infection in Sweden. 
FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. 
There is little or no diminution, as far as we can learn, 
either in the extent of the existence, or in the virulence of 
the foot-and-mouth disease in this country or in Ireland. 
Again it is reported that deer have contracted the disease, 
and this time in the Home Park at Hampton Court; the 
former outbreak being among the animals in Bushy Park. 
On the Continent the malady is extensively prevalent, more 
especially in Schleswig-Holstein. 
