CATTLE DISEASE IN CHINA. 47 
in the larynx and trachea was unusually abundant. Lungs 
and pleurae healthy. 
“ July 31st.—Visited a rice mill at Passinkew, separated 
only by a bamboo fence from the shed in which the bullock 
was slaughtered on the 16 th inst. Saw there a sick bullock 
which was said to have refused food for three days; the 
animal is evidently affected with the disease, and cannot live 
long; the nostrils and eyes are discharging a greenish yellow 
matter; dysenteric purging is going on ; he has ceased rumi¬ 
nating; his ears are cold and drooping, and his head de¬ 
pressed ; he is very listless and allows me to handle him freely. 
There is another bullock in the same shed which is evidently 
sick, but he is still feeding and ruminating. 
" August 1st.—The first bullock seen yesterday died this 
morning at 6 o’clock. The body was opened in my presence 
at half-past nine. All the characteristic signs of cattle 
plague were found. The ulceration of the mouth and the 
lesions of the fourth stomach were unusually well marked 
and extensive. All the mucous surfaces in the body were 
affected. There was the usual appearance as of commencing 
peritonitis. 
“ August 3rd.—Visited the cattle sheds at Passinkew. 
The second bullock belonging to the rice mill, and noted 
on July 30th as showing signs of illness, is now very sick ; 
he has not eaten for three days, his eyes and nostrils are dis¬ 
charging a green purulent mucus, his ears are cold and 
drooping, dysenteric purging has commenced. A large number 
of fine bullocks have just been driven in from the country, 
and are waiting in a dealer s yard to be bought up by the 
butchers; there are three among these which appear to be 
out of health, certainly none of the three should be slaugh¬ 
tered in their present condition. 
“August 4th.—The sick bullock seen on the 3rd inst. died 
this afternoon. I w r as not able to be present at the exa¬ 
mination of the carcase. The usual signs of catarrhal inflam¬ 
mation of the mucous surfaces were observed.” 
I do not wish the reader to believe that in these extracts 
from my notebook he has before him all the evidence upon 
which I based my opinion of the extensive prevalence of the 
disease. Many other proofs of this came directly or indi¬ 
rectly to my knowledge, but w’ere not specially recorded, 
either because they possessed no particular interest or 
because my time was otherwise occupied, and leisure for note 
taking was wanting. 
On the 3rd of July I published my second official 
memorandum, being fully convinced that the prevalence of 
