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RETENTION OF A DEAD FCETUS iN A COW. 
On receiving this information, I was requested to report 
on what measures it was advisable to adopt here, and I 
recommended that the importation of animals should be pro¬ 
hibited from Madagascar and Mauritius and its dependencies. 
This was done by Proclamation a few days ago (Sept. 20th), 
and now we learn that three cargoes are on their way here 
from Madagascar. From information since received I gather 
that these cattle come from the opposite side of the island to 
where the disease was known to be, and that there was very 
little communication between the two divisions, as a high 
range of mountains exists between them, with passes here 
and there. Cargoes of cattle have also been landed here during 
this month and are healthy at present, so perhaps by placing 
those now coming in quarantine, and getting them killed for 
the market, we may escape; but if there is any sign of disease, 
the whole lot will be destroyed, and the utmost precautions 
taken. 
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I had charge of the Remount Depot here from 6th January 
to 3rd of this month, September, and hard work it was. We 
bought about 3000 horses, besides rejecting a large number for 
unsoundness, &c., and in addition to this work, I have had to 
attend to the sick. We had a bad season for fever and other 
things. 
The losses of cattle from pleuro-pneumonia, overwork, 
poverty, and other causes, have been enormous; the roads 
are bordered with skeletons, and the stench at some places is 
quite sickening. 
I have done my best to induce the Government to carry 
out the laws and adopt regulations without success, but hope 
for better things some day. 
Meat is getting very dear here, and since I began this 
letter I have heard that the number of sheep in Natal fit for the 
butcher would not supply this town, of about 6000 inhabi¬ 
tants all told, for more than three weeks if all were collected 
together. 
RETENTION OF A DEAD FCETUS IN A COW. 
By J. Lang, Kadina, South Australia. 
Sirs, —Having read in the May number of the Veterinarian 
of a “ Case of Retention of a Dead Foetus in a Cow,” I 
thought it might be interesting to your readers to hear of a 
similar instance occurring at Kadina, South Australia. The 
cow referred to belonged to Captain Anthony, Kurilla Mine, 
