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vered^ in all probability the fungus would have grown upon 
the surface of the organic matter, but the exclusion of 
atmosphere prevented its development underneath the cover, 
and accounted for its extension from the edge of the thin glass 
over its surface. Experiments will be continued for the 
purpose of further elucidating this interesting subject; but 
it is satisfactory to be able even now to point to one possible 
source of error which may be easily avoided. 
IIEMAIIKS ON THE ALLEGED DEATH OF 
SEVENTEEN COWS AND TWO HOUSES 
THEOUGH DRINKING BAD WATER. 
By Professor Tuson, Royal Veterinary College. 
In the Nottingham Journal published on Tuesday, the 8th 
of September last, there appeared the following article :— 
Seventeen Cows and two Horses killed by 
BAD Water.^^ 
The injurious and fatal results arising from the use of 
impure and bad water have recently been illustrated at Col- 
wick, a village in close proximity to Nottingham. Mr. 
Thomas Elnor, an extensive grazier at that village, a few 
Aveeks ago lost two valuable horses under somewhat myste¬ 
rious circumstances, and seventeen head of cattle, pastured 
in the same field, were also attacked with a serious malady, 
of Avhich some of them died, and the others were so bad that 
it was necessary to kill them. K post-mortem examination of 
the carcases made by Dr. Barlow, of Cotgrave, veterinary 
surgeon, revealed the fact that all the animals had greatly 
enlarged spleens, and it was conjectured that the same had 
arisen from the effect of some irritant poison. The loss of 
cattle under these circumstances being calculated to affect 
the food supply of the toAvn, and the case having come to the 
knowledge of the Sanitary Committee of the town, Mr. 
Alderman Page, the chairman of the committee, and Mr. 
Wm. Richards, the Sanitary Inspector, proceeded to Colwick, 
and having reason to believe that the Avater the cattle had 
been drinking Avas the cause of their death, obtained speci¬ 
mens for the purpose of analysis. Three specimens Avere 
obtained—one of them being taken from a pond in a field in 
Avhieh the stock had been kept. They have been duly sub- 
