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tour the other day, my camp, which was pitched near some trees 
was attacked by bees, and a pony and two horses suffered severelji 
from the stings they received—so severely in fact, that the pony 
died next evening, and the two horses are still unfit for work 
though they were stung four days ago. The pony was stung very 
severely under the tail and about the abdomen, also, I think, oi 
the tongue. One of the horses, who had in his plunging got ric 
of his blanket, was a mass of stings from his head to his tail, anc 
the bone at the point of the hock—or rather the whole of the hint 
lee* above the hock, to about the stifle—was so swollen that the 
animal could only move with difficulty at all. All three animals 
had to be led in six miles to my headquarters the day after the;) 
were stung, and the pony arrived very exhausted and apparently 
in great pain. I gave him a pint of beer, warm, which seemed tc 
revive him a bit; but about 2 p.m., fever set in, when I gave oj 
rather tried to give (for it could not be got down), a pint of beer 
warm, with ginger in it; bedded him down well, and put on an extr* 
blanket. At 3 p.m. the pony seemed no worse, but at the sarm 
time was no better—he had eaten nothing since he was first stung 
About 6 p.m. the servants came and told me the pony was verj 
bad, and when I got to him I found the poor little beast lying dowi 
apparently in great pain, and before anything could be done Ik 
died. When I reached the stables the last time, the pony seemec 
to be in great pain, and after one long spasm, lay down quietb 
and died.— Pioneer. (Deaths of equine patients from the stingij 
of insects are sufficiently rare to warrant our insertion of this 
case. Treatment with ammonia locally and generally might hav» 
saved the patient.—Eds. Q. J.)— Q. J. Vet. Sci. in India. 
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RUPTURE OF THE CCEOUM IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE OPERA! 
TION OF CASTING. 
By Messrs Pioheney and Salonne. 
This case is recorded as an illustration of one of the various 
complications likely to follow the operation of casting. 
A bay gelding, nine years of age, had a chronic swelling o 
the knee, which, having proved rebellious to the mild treatment 
of biniodide of mercury ointment, was to be fired over the affecte( 
